Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021 specifically in relation to the issuing of driver licences to applicants for international protection that is, asylum seekers which is currently not permitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60362/21]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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As set out in the Programme for Government, the Government is acting to improve conditions for people in the International Protection Programme, including access to the driving licence system. However, a number of legal, administrative and technical issues need to be resolved to achieve this.

Provisions in the Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021, to be introduced at Committee Stage, will provide legal clarity for such applications. The Bill was introduced to the Dáil on 10 November 2021.