Failing to record disqualifications erodes confidence in road safety enforcement, TD warns

The report also revealed no records of holding a driving licence could be found for 5% of motorists who incurred penalty points in 2024 — a total of 8,220 individuals. Picture: iStock

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.