Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 March 2021
664. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of large public service vehicle, LPSV, licences that have been revoked permanently and-or cancelled; and the number of LPSV licence holders who have been issued with suspensions due to notification of a drug and-or alcohol test failure in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by county. [11221/21]
View answerI am advised by the Garda authorities that is not possible to provide the number of LPSV licences that have been revoked permanently and or cancelled, as the information requested is not available in an easily accessible format. I am informed that hard copies of these licenses are held by each Garda division as there is no general database of LPSV licences.
With regard to the number of LPSV licences that have been issued with suspensions due to notification of a drug and or alcohol test failure in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by county, I am informed by the Garda authorities that it is the vehicle, rather than the driver, that is licenced by An Garda Síochána. As such, failure of an intoxication test would not result in the suspension of a LPSV licence.
