Concerns have been raised over how a quarter of driver disqualifications and almost half of all penalty points imposed on motorists by courts are going unrecorded on a national database of driving licences.
Fine Gael Dublin West TD Emer Currie said a failure to record the driving licence number of offending motorists who appear in court is “unacceptable”, adding that it erodes public confidence in road safety enforcement.
Deputy Currie has submitted a series of queries to the Department seeking clarity on the accuracy of the NVDF.
In response, the Minister has committed to a full review of the matching process and to publishing more complete data. She said the figures are particularly alarming given the rise in the number of deaths on the country’s roads.
Deputy Currie joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this.