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Driving Licence Extensions

Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Hildegarde Naughton TD announced on the 2 July 2021 details of a further 10-month extension to the validity period of Driving Licences in response to the level 5 restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

• Any licence holder, who has not already renewed and whose licence expiry date is between 1 July 2021 and 31 October 2021 will have ten months added to their expiry date. e.g., a licence which expires on 25 September 2021 will have a new expiry date of 25 July 2022. This is in addition to previous extensions granted as set out below;
• Licences which expired between 1 March 2020 and 31 May 2020 were extended to 1 July 2021. These licences are now due for renewal now.
• Any licence holder, who has not already renewed, and whose licence expired between 1 June 2020 and 31 August 2020 will have thirteen months added to their expiry date. e.g., a licence which expired on 31 August 2020 will have a new expiry date of 30 September 2021
• Any licence holder, who had not already renewed, and whose licence expired between 1 September 2020 and 30 June 2021 will have had ten months added to their expiry date. e.g., a licence that expired on the 20 September 2020 will have a new expiry date of the 20 July 2021

NOTE: You do not need to do anything to avail of this extension as your driver record will be automatically updated. A new driving licence will not be issued to you. You can only apply for a renewal of a driving licence if it is within three months of its expiry date.

You can check the expiry date and earliest renewal date of your current licence on expiry date calculator here.

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Learner Permit Extensions

Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Hildegarde Naughton TD announced on the 24 June 2021 details of a further 10-month extension to the validity period of learner permits in response to the level 5 restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

• If your learner permit is expiring between 1 November 2020 and 31 July 2021 your expiry date is being extended by 10 months. e.g., a permit expiring 31 July 2021 will have a new expiry date of 31 May 2022. This is in addition to previous extensions granted as set out below;
• If your learner permit expired between 1 March 2020 and 30 June 2020 your expiry date was extended by 18 months in total. e.g., a permit expired on 30 June 2020 will have a new expiry date of 30 December 2021
• If your learner permit expired between 1 July 2020 and 31 October 2020, your expiry date was extended by 14 months in total. e.g., a permit expired 31 October 2020 will have a new expiry date of 31 December 2021

NOTE: You do not need to do anything to avail of this extension as your driver record will be automatically updated. A new learner permit will not be issued to you. You can only apply for a renewal of a learner permit if it is within three months of its expiry date.

You can check the expiry date and earliest renewal date of your learner permit on expiry date calculator here.

Full Press Release on new Extension for Learner Permits.

FAQs on Extension of Validity of Driving Licences and Learner Permits.