The current number of licence applications on hand in the road transport operator licensing division of the Department of Transport is 92. Once an application is submitted with the necessary supporting documentation in order, it can normally be processed within ten working days. At the present time, it is taking an extra day or so to process applications.
The number of applications for amendment to vehicles on licences in the division is 214. The processing of amendments to existing applications, with the necessary supporting documentation in order, is currently taking a number of weeks. However, overall this is a speedier process than previously, from a HAULIER'S perspective, as arising from new arrangements introduced last autumn, it is no longer necessary to go to the Garda Síochána to have a plate issued in respect of every vehicle as the Department of Transport is now issuing the transport discs in place of vehicle plates.