Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review a person's (details supplied) application for a haulage licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27745/16]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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An application for an international road transport operator licence (details supplied) was received by the Road Transport Operator Licensing Unit  of my Department on 20 May 2016.  In order to meet the requirements to hold an international road transport operator licence, the applicant must meet the legislative requirements of Professional Competence; Good Repute; Financial Standing and Establishment. The Road Transport Operator Licensing Unit has been in contact with the applicant on a number of occasions and outstanding information was requested.  All information requested to date has been received, the latest documents being received on 19 September 2016. Under Article 11 EU Regulation 1071/2009 "the time limit for the examination of an application for authorisation by a competent authority shall be as short as possible and shall not exceed 3 months from the date on with the competent authority receives all documents necessary to assess the application.  The competent authority may extend this time limit for one additional month in duly justified cases."

As the licence application is still under examination, I am not in a position to state exactly when a decision will be made.  However, the Road Transport Operator Licensing Unit of my Department will be in contact with the applicant within the period prescribed.