Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 December 2008
99 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Transport the progress that has been made with his opposite numbers in Northern Ireland or in the UK regarding a common structure for penalty points; the problems with same; when a united approach will be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40242/08]
View answerThe enforcement on foreign registered drivers of penalties for road traffic offences is a complex legal and administrative matter for many States, and my Department is pursuing this question at European, British/Irish and North/South levels.
We are working with the authorities of the United Kingdom on the mutual recognition of penalty points, but a recent feasibility study carried out by the UK Department for Transport has underlined complex legal issues and the probable need for new primary legislation both here and in the United Kingdom in due course.
It is expected it will be some time before the mutual recognition of penalty points is in place.
