Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 February 2005
211 Mr. N. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Transport the position in relation to driving tests in cases in which a temporary insurance certificate is displayed on the vehicle of the person being tested as in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [2873/05]
View answerAll driving test candidates are informed, in literature issued with their driving test appointment letter, that a current valid insurance disc must be displayed on the vehicle being used for the driving test. The Road Traffic (Insurance Disc) Regulations 1984 set out the information which must be displayed on an insurance disc. The driving test is conducted if the disc displayed on the vehicle at the time of the test is in the scheduled form and has not expired. In the case of the person concerned, the driver tester conducting the test reported that the insurance disc on display on the vehicle presented for the driving test expired on 4 January 2005. Accordingly, the driving test could not be conducted. This information was communicated in writing to the person concerned on the day.
