Letters to the Editor: Restricting the use of cash is a violation of our rights

One reader says the National Driver Licence Service should not have gone cashless, while others consider issues including conflict in the Middle East and the new garda recruitment age

Some retailers are trying to switch over to cashless card-only payments, but now Ireland's National Driver Licence Service has joined them. Stock picture

I needed to renew my driver’s licence this week and now the National Driver Licence Service (NDLS) forces drivers to use cards because they don’t accept cash as a form of payment, two years after the end of the pandemic. I find it unacceptable that a public body restricts the ability of using cash which, last time I checked, remains legal tender in this country.

Restricting cash should be a violation of shoppers’ rights. Card companies are making billions in profits from transaction fees and I personally choose to pay cash to businesses that accept it while refusing to engage with those that don’t.