Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 September 2014
1671. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 19 February 2014, in relation to the breakdown of the numbers of drivers who received the maximum number of 12 penalty points and were disqualified from driving, the number of these drivers who failed to produce their licence to the National Driver Licence Service upon disqualification. [33019/14]
View answerIn addition to the issue of the notice of disqualification in accordance with Section 5 of the Road Traffic Act 2002, my Department, through administrative process, also informs an Garda Síochána and the relevant licensing authority (the local motor tax office to 29 October 2013 and thereafter the National Driving Licence Service) of the disqualification. The following tabular statement provides the breakdown of the number of drivers who have been disqualified and the number of drivers where no details were recorded on the National Vehicle and Driver File (NVDF) in relation to surrender of the driving licence. It will be noted with regard to motor tax offices that in some instances licences would have been surrendered with the relevant NVDF record not updated and consequently the non-surrender figures may be overstated.
|
Year |
No. Disqualified Driver (Penalty Points) |
No. of drivers who did not surrender the driving licence upon disqualification |
|
2004 |
17 |
7 |
|
2005 |
30 |
21 |
|
2006 |
100 |
29 |
|
2007 |
184 |
97 |
|
2008 |
315 |
172 |
|
2009 |
344 |
205 |
|
2010 |
307 |
180 |
|
2011 |
255 |
143 |
|
2012 |
263 |
168 |
|
2013 |
242 |
201 |
|
2014 |
190 |
49 |
