Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if we will pursue a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27865/12]

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Matters relating to the processing of driving licences in Ireland and reciprocal exchange agreements are the responsibility of the Road Safety Authority which falls under the aegis of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. Driving licences in Canada are issued on a provincial rather than federal basis. Therefore, in response to requests from a number of people seeking to exchange their Irish driving licences for a Canadian licence, our Embassy in Ottawa has contacted all the main provincial authorities to establish details of their driving testing schemes and their willingness to enter into a reciprocal driving licence exchange scheme.

I have asked the Embassy to pass this information to the Road Safety Authority.