Just 7% of Kerry motorists who have been disqualified from driving this year have surrendered their licence.
That’s according to figures released to Fine Gael TD Emer Currie from the Department of Transport.
It shows up to the end of July, nationally one in every 16 disqualified motorists surrendered their driving licence.
The figures show from the start of 2025 up to July 31st, 153 motorists in Kerry were disqualified from driving.
April was the month with the highest number of disqualifications at 35, followed by March with 31, June with 24 and July with 18.
January, February and May saw 16, 15 and 14 Kerry drivers disqualified respectively.
In response to the query from Fine Gael TD for Dublin West, Emer Currie, Minister of State for Road Transport, Sean Canney, outlined that a notification of disqualification is issued to these motorists by the Courts Service.
He stated that this includes the requirement to surrender the driving licence or learner permit to the RSA within 14 days of the commencement of disqualification.
However, the figures show, that up to the end of July, just 11 out of the 153 disqualified Kerry motorists had surrendered their licence, a rate of 7%.
According to the data, four licences were surrendered to the Road Safety Authority in March; two each were returned in February, May and June, while 1 was surrendered in April.
In his response, Junior Minister Canney told Deputy Currie, “while the non-surrender of licences is of concern, the more important issue from a road safety perspective is that the disqualification from driving is observed.”
