Frank O'Rourke (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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544. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) who is as an asylum seeker is entitled to apply for a driving licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4292/18]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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Asylum-seekers cannot be issued with a driving licence.

Under EU law, Member States issue driving licences to people whose normal residence is in their jurisdiction. By definition, the residence status of an asylum-seeker is not yet determined. It is therefore not possible under EU law to issue driving licences to asylum-seekers.