Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport , further to Parliamentary Question No. 399 of 21 April, the reason the Road Safety Authority has not responded to this question; the action he proposes to take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28528/21]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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A reply from the Road Safety Authority issued to Deputy Connolly on 22 April 2021. In their response, the Authority set out the details as follows:

It is the case that debit and credit card payments, and Apple Pay and Google Pay are the current acceptable payment types in NDLS offices and that we are unable to accept cash, cheques, postal order or pre-paid card payments. This was introduced as one of the new public health and social distancing measures to tackle the spread of Covid-19 measures. It should be noted that customers over 70 years of age are granted a free licence, so no payment is required.

As with any other service matter, individuals requiring personal assistance to use the NDLS service are welcome to be accompanied by a person who can make a payment on their behalf. The health and safety of our customers is paramount and staff on the ground are trained to manage the safe distancing of customers to ensure this.