Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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667. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider implementing a procedure whereby persons working abroad can have their driving licences renewed or replaced in the event of such a licence being lost or stolen without having to present themselves in person at a national driving licence service centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26633/14]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The National Driver Licensing Service (NDLS) operates according to the SAFE 2 standard of ID verification.  Among other requirements this means that, as a rule, the individual needs to be photographed once at an NDLS centre in order to obtain their driving licence. However, there have been a number of cases such as the Deputy mentions, where individuals are working abroad and are not able to come home to present themselves at an NDLS centre to renew or replace their licences.  In such cases, the NDLS already accepts photos provided with an application, in the same way in which they were accepted before SAFE 2 standards were introduced.

Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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668. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will facilitate the replacement for a stolen driving licence in respect of a person (details supplied) without the need for them to return to Ireland. [26634/14]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The operation of the National Driver Licensing Service is the statutory responsibility of the Road Safety Authority, and I cannot comment on or intervene in individual cases.  I have therefore referred the question to the Authority for direct response.  I would ask the Deputy to contact my office if a reply has not been received within ten days.