Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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847. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if asylum seekers are allowed to hold an Irish driver licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12227/18]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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Under EU legislation, Member States issue driving licences to those normally resident in their jurisdiction. As asylum-seekers are persons whose residence status has, by definition, not been determined, we cannot issue them with driving licences.