Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the technical matters that are being discussed to reach agreement on compatibility between the Irish and Ukrainian driving licensing regimes; if the Road Safety Authority benchmarked other European Union member counterparts on their recognition process; and if he will provide a timeline for the Authority and the Ukrainian authorities to establish an exchange agreement on driving licences. [18368/22]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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The Road Safety Authority (RSA) had been in discussions with Ukrainian authorities, with a view to considering a driving licence exchange agreement. This process, to examine whether the Ukrainian licensing system is in compliance with the system in Ireland under EU Directive 2006/126/EC, had not been completed before the current conflict in Ukraine. When the process was paused, the RSA had not arrived at a position where it could reach a decision on whether to proceed or not.

Benchmarking against other EU member state agreements is not an option as such agreements may be based on historical factors. It should be noted that undertaking the process of consideration of an agreement is no guarantee that an agreement will be concluded.