S.I. No. 673/2024 - Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) (Fees) Regulations 2024

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) (Fees) Regulations 2024.

(2) These Regulations come into operation on 1 January 2025.

2. The fee to be paid to the licensing authority on the application to it in respect of any of the licences referred to in column (1) of the Schedule is set out in column (2) of the Schedule opposite the mention of the licence.

3. The Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) (Fees) Regulations 2020 (S. I. No. 75 of 2020) are revoked.

Regulation 2

Schedule

Licence

(1)

Fee (€)

(2)

10 year (or a period greater than 3 years) driving licence

65

3 year driving licence

35

1 year driving licence

Nil

Learner permit

45

Duplicate driving licence or learner permit

35

Exchange of foreign driving licence

65

Additional new category to driving licence or learner permit

35

Removal of category from driving licence or learner permit

35

Replacement licence exchanged abroad

35

GIVEN under my Hand,

4 December, 2024.

JAMES LAWLESS,

Minister of State at the Department of Transport

.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(

This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation

)

These Regulations update fees for driving licences and learner permits.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

6

th December,

2024.

I, JAMES LAWLESS, Minister of State at the Department of Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 42

(inserted by

section 10

of the

Road Traffic Act 2006

(No. 23 of 2006)) of the

Road Traffic Act 1961

(No. 24 of 1961) and the National Roads and Road Traffic (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2002 (

S.I. No 298 of 2002

) (as adapted by the Transport, Tourism and Sport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 (

S. I. No. 351 of 2020

)), and the Transport (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2024 (

S.I. No. 354 of 2024

), hereby make the following regulations