Written answers

Tuesday, 1 March 2022

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

Driver Licences

Photo of Louise O'ReillyLouise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties workers from outside the State in are experiencing in obtaining an appointment with the National Driver Licence Service in order to exchange their foreign driving licence for an Irish driving licence; if he has plans to further resource the National Driver Licence Service in order to expedite this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11565/22]

Photo of Hildegarde NaughtonHildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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National Driver Licence Service front offices are open to the public, but an appointment must be made to attend. It is no longer possible to attend an office without an appointment. 

Appointments can be made online or by telephone. Currently, 29,000 appointment slots are free out of the usual 77,000 slots available for booking across a six week period. The Road Safety Authority is aware that there can be difficulties getting through on the telephone at present, but are working with the service provider to ensure delays are kept to a minimum.

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