Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 April 2015
847. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of a case (details supplied) where penalty points have not been removed by the date they should have been; the number of times this has occurred in the years 2011 to 2014; and the steps he will take to remedy this. [14057/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraUnder the provisions of section 4 of the Road Traffic Act 2002, penalty points are endorsed on a person's driving licence record on my Department's National Vehicle and Driver File system and remain for a period of three years. In the case mentioned, the expiry date of the penalty points was 19 December 2014. However in this particular instance due to a computer error associated with the expiration and subsequent renewal of the driving licence of the person on 26 November 2014 during the currency of the penalty points, the expiry date was incorrectly extended. The record was corrected and the penalty points applied on 19 December 2011 have been deleted from the driver's record. The driver has a total of three penalty points which will expire on 24 February 2018 unless removed after a period of disqualification in the interim.
