The Central Statistics Office’s (CSO) Transport Omnibus Report for 2019 shows that 97 per cent of vehicles passed after one or more tests. In terms of penalty points, men incurred about two-thirds of the 163,118 endorsement notices where gender was recorded. There were 864 drivers with 12 penalty points on their licences at the end of 2019. The total number of drivers with penalty points on their licences was 511,084. Over three million Irish driving licences were held at the end of 2019, of which 7.6 per cent were learner permit licences.

Source: The Irish Times October 30, 2020 13:52 UTC