Dáil committee hears why 89% of disqualified drivers continue to drive on the roads

Garda commissioner, Drew Harris, and senior officers have been accused of putting road users' lives at risk after it emerged that they are failing to stop nine out of every 10 disqualified drivers from continuing to drive on Irish roads.

Mr Harris admitted the shock figures during a wide-ranging Dáil public accounts committee meeting, blaming the problem on the existing system which asks disqualified drivers to hand in their licence instead of taking it from them.