Written answers
Tuesday, 22 March 2022
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Driver Licences
Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 222 of 3 February 2022, when a reply will issue from the Road Safety Authority (details supplied); if the matter will be examined by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13959/22]
Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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Officials in my department have contacted the RSA, and they have confirmed that a response has since issued to the Deputy. The delay was due to the collation of the extensive amount of data involved.
In response to Question 10, a breakdown of how many years fully licensed drivers have held a full license, please see table below -
Number of Full Licences holders current at 28th February 2022 broken down by number of years fully licensed drivers have held a full license for.
| Number of Years | Number of Drivers |
|---|---|
| 0 | 12,213 |
| 1 | 91,503 |
| 2 | 63,637 |
| 3 | 144,960 |
| 4 | 79,817 |
| 5 | 78,569 |
| 6 | 75,027 |
| 7 | 77,710 |
| 8 | 64,747 |
| 9 | 57,646 |
| 10 | 48,356 |
| 11 | 55,069 |
| 12 | 51,541 |
| 13 | 65,880 |
| 14 | 185,080 |
| 15 | 97,013 |
| 16 | 79,299 |
| 17 | 70,640 |
| 18 | 78,771 |
| 19 | 88,564 |
| 20 | 89,443 |
| 21 | 108,377 |
| 22 | 123,337 |
| 23 | 74,721 |
| 24 | 65,441 |
| 25 | 67,041 |
| 26 | 66,179 |
| 27 | 62,460 |
| 28 | 70,128 |
| 29 | 88,677 |
| 30 | 172,199 |
| 31 | 160,428 |
| 32 | 135,613 |
| 33 | 10,096 |
| 34 | 368 |
| 35 | 257 |
| 36 | 209 |
| 37 | 217 |
| 38 | 67 |
| 39 | 60 |
| 40 | 59 |
| 41 | 66 |
| 42 | 64 |
| 43 | 58 |
| 44 | 36 |
| 45 | 40 |
| 46 | 33 |
| 47 | 21 |
| 48 | 15 |
| 49 | 7 |
| 50 | 4 |
| 51 | 3 |
| 52 | 12 |
| 53 | 5 |
| 54 | 1 |
| 55 | 2 |
| 56 | 2 |
| 57 | 5 |
| 58 | 4 |
| 59 | 4 |
| 61 | 8 |
| 62 | 5 |
| 63 | 1 |
| 64 | 2 |
| 65 | 2 |
| 67 | 4 |
| 69 | 1 |
| 70 | 1 |
| 71 | 4 |
| 77 | 1 |
| Total | 2,861,830 Note: The details provided are based on all Full Licence Drivers with a valid licence on the National Vehicle and Driver File and may include drivers where a Death notification have not been provided to date. |
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