Written answers

Thursday, 17 December 2020

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

Driver Licences

Photo of Catherine ConnollyCatherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if persons who had a code 78 applied to a D, D1 licence prior to 30 November 2013, and who also hold a manual category B licence may have the code 78 removed from their D, D1 licence without having to undertake a driver test, under the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) (Amendment) (No. 8) Regulations 2020 signed on 30 October 2020 transposing Directive (EU) 2020/612. [44399/20]

Photo of Hildegarde NaughtonHildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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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 that where a person holds a manual driving licence in the category B, and obtained at any time from 30 November 2013, a certificate of competency in an automatic vehicle in any of the following categories BE, C, CE, C1, C1E, D, DE, D1 or D1E, then that certificate can be regarded as a certificate of competency in a manual vehicle.

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