Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 April 2022
360. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport if the practice considering the value of a document such as a log book for a car of posting these documents without advising the owner of their imminent arrival to continue . [19739/22]
View answer361. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport if the fee of 12 euro to issue a replacement log book in the case of a person (details supplied) will be waived considering the log book was posted to the wrong address despite the person advising his Department of the change of address. [19740/22]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 360 and 361 together.
My Department through the National Vehicle and Driver File (NVDF) maintains a record of the ‘registered owners’ of motor vehicles. The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (SI No. 385 of 1992) and amendments made thereon set out the procedures regarding notification and recording of change of ownership, and indeed change of address.
To change an address, the vehicle owner must submit their Vehicle Registration Certificate (VRC), with the new address details, to my Department’ s offices in Shannon, County Clare for update onto the NVDF. That office will then issue a new VRC to the new address details provided.
In circumstances where An Post are unable to deliver the relevant document to the vehicle owner, the document is returned to the Department’s office in Shannon and a note is placed on the vehicle record noting non-delivery of the item, and the reason it has been returned. This enables the document to be re-issued where the vehicle owner indicates that the initial address was incomplete or inaccurate etc.
The records on the NVDF indicate that a notification of change of address for the vehicle in question was received on 9 September 2021, with a new VRC issued to the address provided on 13 September 2021. In this instance the NVDF records do not indicate that the VRC was returned to the Department un-delivered by An Post .
Article 19 of the aforementioned legislation sets out the legal requirements for the application and issue of replacement documents. Notwithstanding those requirements, my Department’s officials in Shannon have arranged for another VRC to be generated and issued to the individual concerned at their new address.
