Olivia Mitchell
Question:359 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the legal procedure on the surrender of a driving licence following disqualification from driving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8967/06]
View answerTuesday, 7 March 2006
Questions (330, 331)
Written answers
In the case of a disqualification resulting from the accumulation of 12 penalty points section 5 of the Road Traffic Act 2002 provides for a notification to be sent to the driver specifying that he or she will be disqualified for holding a licence for six months and directing that the licence held by him or her be submitted to the licensing authority that granted the licence not later than 14 days from the date of disqualification.
In the case of a disqualification handed down by the court, Article 45 of the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 1999 requires that the licence of the disqualified person be delivered to the court within five days of the coming into operation of the court order. The court endorses the licence and forwards it to the licensing authority. Under Article 52 of said regulations the licensing authority retains the licence until expiration or removal of the disqualification.
Question No. 360 answered with QuestionNo. 151.
Enda Kenny
Question:361 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Transport the statistics for the years 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 for the number of driving licences issued for class A, B, C, D and E and the number of provisional driving licences for cars only differentiating between first time provisional driving licences and second or subsequent provisional driving licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9221/06]
View answerThe information sought by the Deputy has been requested from the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government which holds and administers the national driver file and will be forwarded to the Deputy when it is available.