Emer Currie (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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390. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department expects to be ready to provide motor insurers with a real-time view of data on disqualified drivers, held on the driver file database, in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19136/25]

Emer Currie (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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391. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to commence the relevant sections of the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 which amended parts of the Road Traffic Act 2014, to allow motor insurers, for the purpose of issuing or renewing insurance policies, access to real-time data on endorsements including disqualifications, held on the driver file record database; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19137/25]

Emer Currie (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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392. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a progress report from his engagements with organisations (details supplied) to implement the access to real-time disqualification data for insurers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19138/25]

Emer Currie (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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394. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 289 of 1 April 2025, if the National Vehicle and Driver File (NVDF) holds the driver number and disqualification status of all drivers in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19140/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 390, 391, 392 and 394 together.

The relevant sections of the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 allowing access by insurers and intermediaries to disqualification and endorsement data from my Department's National Vehicle and Driver File (NVDF) database at policy processing or renewal time have been commenced.

I am pleased to advise the Deputy that these provisions are now also being implemented in practice. The NVDF holds driver number and disqualification status for all drivers in the State. Since 31 March 2025 when a insurer or insurance intermediary attempts to validate the driver number of a disqualified driver against the NVDF, the validation will fail. Following this failed validation, the insurer or intermediary will advise the driver to contact the National Driver Licence Service (NDLS) for a driver statement to confirm the licence status.