Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 January 2014
918. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a driving test exemption for farmers who hold a full car or jeep and trailer licence for more than ten years. [55529/13]
View answerLast year, I received representations from farming organisations suggesting that many farmers who had a car licence before the 1989 Regulations came into effect, had unintentionally lost their trailer entitlement by not ticking the appropriate box on the form when applying for renewal. I am assuming that this is the situation to which the question refers. If so, the issue has been resolved. I agreed to make an exceptional allowance for people in this position - whether farmers or not - to reclaim the trailer entitlement, where they could prove that they had previously held it and the RSA made arrangements to accommodate drivers in this position for a limited period.
