Dáil Question to compare price of the new Driving Licence with EU countries

To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline in tabular form the cost for a person to apply for a plastic card driving licence here compared to other jurisdictions in the EU that have introduced this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Reply from Minister Leo Varadkar

It is not possible to provide direct comparison between licence fees in the various EU Member States. 
 
The pricing regimes for driver licences in each Member State are set by the Member States themselves, and the criteria according to which charges apply vary between Member States.  For example, in the UK there are three different costs for a licence after a period of disqualification or revocation, depending on the basis of the disqualification.  It would not, therefore, be possible to tabulate corresponding licence fees between jurisdictions.