asked the Minister for the Environment if he will state in relation to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 who was given an endorsement on his driving licence on 12 August 1981, the reason the endorsement is still on his licence as it was due to expire on 12 August 1984.
Written Answers. - Driving Licence Endorsement.
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Section 37 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 provides for the carry over of endorsements on a driving licence to subsequent driving licences. Under this provision a person whose licence has been endorsed must, before he can obtain a licence free from endorsement, satisfy the licensing authority that he has held a driving licence either during a continuous period of not less than three years or a series of discontinuous periods amounting in the aggregate to not less than five years after the date of the original endorsement.
In the case referred to by the Deputy the licence in question, which had been endorsed on 12 August 1981, expired on 8 July 1982. It was not, however, renewed until the applicant applied for and was granted a three year licence on 30 September 1982. He will have satisfied the requirement that the endorsement be carried on the licence for a continuous period of three years on 29 September 1985 and may then be granted a licence free from that endorsement.