Noel Grealish (Galway West, Independent)
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167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person with a truck and bus licence from Ontario, Canada can exchange that licence for an equivalent Irish licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51871/21]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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Ireland has a driving licence exchange agreement with Ontario, Canada for car licences only. The Road Safety Authority, as the licensing authority in Ireland, is engaging with the Ontario authorities to examine the possibility of extending the current agreement to include trucks and buses.

To ensure the safety of road users, such agreements can be made only when the relevant authorities

in each jurisdiction have studied and compared the two licensing regimes and are satisfied that they are compatible.