Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) can exchange a French driver licence for an Irish driver licence without taking the driver test here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24157/18]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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Any EU driving licence, including a French licence, is directly exchangeable for an Irish equivalent, without the need to take a test.

Under EU law, Member States issue driving licences to those normally resident in their jurisdiction, and all EU driving licences are interchangeable.  When a person who holds a driving licence issued by one Member State takes up residence in another they can - and should - exchange it for the equivalent from their new state of residence.