Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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358. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Question No. 580 of 21 May 2019, the status of the introduction of the exemption provided for under the EU directive by which drivers holding a manual driving licence in category B and an automatic licence in a bus or truck category can have their licence upgraded to allow them to drive manual buses and trucks, as in other European countries; the date from which this provision will apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33687/20]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) (Amendment) (No. 8) Regulations 2020, signed on 30 October 2020, transposing Directive (EU) 2020/612, provides for the exemption mentioned.

The legislation provides for a person who passed a test in an automatic vehicle, having previously passed a test in a manual vehicle in accordance with the Directive to be able to apply for their licence to be re-issued without the automatic transmission code on the licence. Please note there is a cost associated with having a licence re-issued.