Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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1345. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the mechanism in place to ensure disqualified drivers surrender their driving licence after they have been convicted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54356/17]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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The requirement to return a driving licence to the licensing authority (the Road Safety Authority) on disqualification is set out in article 45(2) of the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers)(Amendment) Regulations 2013, S.I. No 6 of 2013, in the case of consequential or ancillary disqualification, and article 46(2) in the case of special disqualification. The various timeframes and mechanism for the surrender of a licence or learner permit to the licensing authority are set in article 45. Enforcement of the legislation is a matter for An Garda Síochána.