Driver Licences

Tuesday, 22 March 2022

Questions (171)

Michael Healy-Rae

Question:

171. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 222 of 3 February 2022, when a reply will issue from the Road Safety Authority (details supplied); if the matter will be examined by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13959/22]

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Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Transport

Officials in my department have contacted the RSA, and they have confirmed that a response has since issued to the Deputy. The delay was due to the collation of the extensive amount of data involved.

In response to Question 10, a breakdown of how many years fully licensed drivers have held a full license, please see table below -

Number of Full Licences holders current at 28th February 2022 broken down by number of years fully licensed drivers have held a full license for.

Number of Years	Number of Drivers
0	12,213
1	91,503
2	63,637
3	144,960
4	79,817
5	78,569
6	75,027
7	77,710
8	64,747
9	57,646
10	48,356
11	55,069
12	51,541
13	65,880
14	185,080
15	97,013
16	79,299
17	70,640
18	78,771
19	88,564
20	89,443
21	108,377
22	123,337
23	74,721
24	65,441
25	67,041
26	66,179
27	62,460
28	70,128
29	88,677
30	172,199
31	160,428
32	135,613
33	10,096
34	368
35	257
36	209
37	217
38	67
39	60
40	59
41	66
42	64
43	58
44	36
45	40
46	33
47	21
48	15
49	7
50	4
51	3
52	12
53	5
54	1
55	2
56	2
57	5
58	4
59	4
61	8
62	5
63	1
64	2
65	2
67	4
69	1
70	1
71	4
77	1
Total	2,861,830 Note: The details provided are based on all Full Licence Drivers with a valid licence on the National Vehicle and Driver File and may include drivers where a Death notification have not been provided to date.