Dáil Question to compare price of the new Driving Licence with EU countries
9th February 2013 - Alan Farrell TD
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline in tabular form the cost for a person to apply for a plastic card driving licence here compared to other jurisdictions in the EU that have introduced this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Reply from Minister Leo Varadkar
It is not possible to provide direct comparison between licence fees in the various EU Member States.
The pricing regimes for driver licences in each Member State are set by the Member States themselves, and the criteria according to which charges apply vary between Member States. For example, in the UK there are three different costs for a licence after a period of disqualification or revocation, depending on the basis of the disqualification. It would not, therefore, be possible to tabulate corresponding licence fees between jurisdictions.
Alan Farrell TD
Dublin FingalAlan Farrell is the Chairperson of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party. He is also the Fine Gael Dáil spokesperson on…
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