Driving Licences.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 27 September 2006

Wednesday, 27 September 2006

Questions (1493)

Róisín Shortall

Question:

1565 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will establish from the national driver file the number of drivers that currently stand as qualified; the procedures in place for relaying this information to the Garda; the precise manner in which this is done; and the frequency of same. [30035/06]

Written answers

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Mr. Roche)

The number of drivers holding full and provisional licences on 30 June 2006 is 2,395,727. An Garda Síochána are supplied by my Department, on a weekly basis, with an electronic extract from the National Driver File which provides details in relation to each driving licence such as the licence number and the driver's name and address.