Driving Licences.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 1 June 2006

Thursday, 1 June 2006

Ceisteanna (143)

Róisín Shortall

Ceist:

143 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 25 May 2006, if a breakdown of the figures in the age categories provided is available by the numbers on their first, second, third, fourth, fifth and subsequent licenses; and if he will he provide it. [21515/06]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Transport (Mr. Cullen)

The Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government who hold and administer the National Driver File has advised that the breakdown of the figures given in reply to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 25 May 2006 by provisional count is shown in the table.

Provisional Licences current on 31st December 2005 broken down by Age Category and Count.

Age	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th and subsequent licences	Total
Under 17	2,453	0	0	0	0	2,453
17 — 19	53,849	5,994	0	0	0	59,843
20 — 24	66,402	37,444	9,538	2,649	294	116,327
25 — 29	33,915	22,965	12,193	7,441	2,970	79,484
30 — 34	19,641	12,604	7,594	6,471	4,722	51,032
35 — 39	11,762	7,186	4,512	4,332	4,363	32,155
40 — 44	7,166	4,427	2,873	3,136	3,928	21,530
45 — 49	4,475	2,998	1,984	2,199	3,076	14,732
50 — 54	2,947	2,120	1,506	1,724	2,436	10,733
55 — 59	1,848	1,484	1,087	1,281	2,095	7,795
60 — 64	807	678	499	716	1,428	4,128
65 — 69	427	353	252	345	853	2,230
70 — 74	184	207	135	164	504	1,194
75 — 79	81	78	57	78	278	572
80 — 84	40	30	12	25	87	194
85 and over	163	8	2	12	20	205
Total	206,160	98,576	42,244	30,573	27,054	404,607