Denise Mitchell (Dublin Bay North, Sinn Fein)
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1568. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rules applied to receiving a driver's licence in the Irish language; the number of persons that have been refused these types of licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41768/16]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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​There is only one format of driving licence, and it is in both English and Irish.

The format of the driving licence is set at EU level, and provides for a set of information to be displayed on the front and on the rear of the licence.  This includes such information as name and address, categories for which the licence is valid, and so on.  The reverse of the licence contains an explanation of what each data point is. The Irish explanation is on the left hand side of the reverse and the English on the right.