The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has responsibility for driver licensing and the National Driver Licence Service (NDLS) delivers the service.

Any query you may have about driving licences (driver record/endorsements/penalty points etc), including applications for a licence or learner permit, must be made to the National Driving Licence Service (NDLS). For further details, please click here.

You must make an application for a license/learner permit to any nationwide NDLS centre. Details of NDLS centres are available here.

Penalty points are designed to encourage safe driving and cut casualties on our roads. Please click here for details on how the system works and to find out the list of offences that incur penalty points.

The National Car Test (NCT) is carried out for the Government by the National Car Testing Service Ltd (NCTS). The NCT conducts car (EU Category M1) roadworthiness testing.

For further details, including booking a test, click here.

All goods vehicles (EU Category N) must complete an annual roadworthiness test in a Commercial Vehicle Test Centre, regardless of how the vehicle is taxed. The motor tax category of a vehicle has no bearing on how the vehicle must be tested.

For more information on commercial testing of a vehicle, please click here.

Where you receive a Vehicle Registration Certificate (VRC) that is incorrectly registered in your name, or to your address, please report the matter to An Garda Siochána, who may discuss it with us as part of their investigation.
We can only release documents to An Garda Siochána as part of any investigation.