Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 June 2014
667. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider implementing a procedure whereby persons working abroad can have their driving licences renewed or replaced in the event of such a licence being lost or stolen without having to present themselves in person at a national driving licence service centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26633/14]
View answerThe National Driver Licensing Service (NDLS) operates according to the SAFE 2 standard of ID verification. Among other requirements this means that, as a rule, the individual needs to be photographed once at an NDLS centre in order to obtain their driving licence. However, there have been a number of cases such as the Deputy mentions, where individuals are working abroad and are not able to come home to present themselves at an NDLS centre to renew or replace their licences. In such cases, the NDLS already accepts photos provided with an application, in the same way in which they were accepted before SAFE 2 standards were introduced.
