Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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While I cannot comment on the precise circumstances of individual cases, under the Road Traffic (Driving Instructor Licensing) (No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 203 of 2009), a driving instructor licence issued prior to the regulations was treated as if it was a licence under the regulations.

Therefore, under such circumstances, a recognised pre-2009 licence being treated as a licence issued under the 2009 Regulations, is required to be renewed between 1 month before or after its expiry date. As such, in the circumstances described in the details supplied, if a person has not renewed their licence since 2004, and now wants to become an Approved Driving Instructor, they are obliged to apply in the normal manner and to go through the normal process from the beginning.