Important info on new licence/Learner Permit applications

Roadskill

As and from 25 October 2013 Motor Tax Offices will stop accepting new applications for Driving Licences and Learner Permits however, they will be responsible for processing all applications they have by that date; while they wont be open to the public in the weeks after 25/10/2013 they will clear any existing backlogs.

From 29/10/2013 the new National Driving Licence Service will be open for business and at locations around the country NDLS offices will be open (details of locations at www.ndls.ie )

Any person taking out a new licence or permit, renewing an existing licence or adding categories etc will have to go to the NDLS Office to have a photo and signature taken. This needs to be done only once as subsequent transactions can use the existing photo and signature and phone or postal contact to the NDLS Back Office will suffice.

Lots more information can be seen at the dedicated website for the new licence service. www.ndls.ie

This new service should in theory speed up the process now in place as it will be a dedicated one stop shop for licencing.

R

prunudo

Cheers for sharing, the staff in the tax office won't know what to do with themselves with all the free time they'll have now

Hotblack Desiato

Well in Dublin the Nutgrove tax office shut down a couple of years ago. The Clondalkin one is due to shut down shortly. Rumour is it'll be taken over by the social welfare office next door, no shortage of business there...


Edit: wait a minute, just checked out the locations -

Dublin Leopardstown Shopping Centre, Ballyogan Road, Dublin 18
Dublin Citywest Shopping Centre, Unit H Own Door Offices, Citywest
Dublin Unit 236, Omni Park Shopping Centre, Swords Road, Santry


Are they mental? Would be fine if you could still apply by post, but this is crazy. Huge areas of the city not covered at all.

Del2005

ninja900 wrote: »

Well in Dublin the Nutgrove tax office shut down a couple of years ago. The Clondalkin one is due to shut down shortly. Rumour is it'll be taken over by the social welfare office next door, no shortage of business there...


Edit: wait a minute, just checked out the locations -

Dublin Leopardstown Shopping Centre, Ballyogan Road, Dublin 18
Dublin Citywest Shopping Centre, Unit H Own Door Offices, Citywest
Dublin Unit 236, Omni Park Shopping Centre, Swords Road, Santry


Are they mental? Would be fine if you could still apply by post, but this is crazy. Huge areas of the city not covered at all.

Both Southside ones are on a Luas line.
Once you get your first licence then you can apply by post. Lucky for me there's one 5 minutes walk from my place, hopefully it'll still be there in 5 years.

Hotblack Desiato

Del2005 wrote: »

Both Southside ones are on a Luas line.

Yeah, that's handy for the small minority of people in Dublin who live near a Luas line.

It would've made a lot of sense to have at least one of these in the city centre, all areas have bus routes going directly there.

SweetCaliber

Waterford Shopping Centre, Ballybeg, Waterford?

Shouldn't that be Lisduggan?

..Brian..

I was just wondering the same. There's no where by Tesco Ballybeg that would do. Whats the name of the shopping centre by six cross roads that has musgraves cash and carry in it. It's hardly out there?