Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 21 January 2026
60. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport following his answer to Parliamentary Question No’s 589, 590, 656, 657, 659, 661, 667 to 669, 671, 672 684 and 700 of 13 January 2026, the number of notification letters sent to penalty point offenders where the driver number was not captured; and the number which relate to penalty point disqualifications. [4983/26]
View answer61. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question Nos 589, 590, 656, 657, 659, 661, 667 to 669, 671, 672 684 and 700 of 13 January 2026, for a breakdown of the information gathered for unmatched penalty point offences that can be used to identify the driver has been on the National Vehicle and Driver File, such as name, address or other, in tabular form. [4988/26]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 60 and 61 together.
As Minister of State for International & Road Transport, Logistics, Rail & Ports, I wish to advise that my Department maintains the National Vehicle and Driver File (NVDF) database, which is the State’s record of all Irish licenced drivers. The Department’s role is to manage the database, including of penalty points and disqualifications on driver records based on information on offences provided from the Courts Service and An Garda Síochána.
I wish to advise the number of letters issued to penalty point offenders and penalty point disqualifications where the driver number was not matched are as follows for 2024. Data for 2025 will be available in due course.
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Unmatched Cases |
Total |
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2024 |
Penalty Point Notices |
8,239 |
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2024 |
Penalty Point Disqualification letters |
18 |
The data files received from the Courts Service or An Garda Síochána contain data in relation to the offence as well as data in relation to the driver. If Driver Number is provided that is used as the primary matching field. If not, the Incident ID is used if an offence was part of an incident of which Department had already been notified. The Vehicle Registration Number and the name and address of the vehicle owner can also be used.
