Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 January 2019
963. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the processing time for exchanging a driver licence issued by authorities in the United Kingdom to an Irish driver licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1652/19]
View answerOn average, 98.5% of applications for the issue or renewal of a driving licence made to the National Driver Licence Service (NDLS) are processed within 3 days of receipt. Where an application is made for a foreign exchange, then the foreign licence must be validated before the exchange is made. In the majority of cases, the validation can be done instantly by checking the physical licence where the physical licence is submitted as part of the application or by checking the Driver Licensing Resper system (a European system where EU licences can be checked).
