Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Hildegarde Naughton TD on 24th June 2021 announced 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.
Learner Permit Extensions
- 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
- 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.
Driving Licence Extensions
- Any licence holder, who has not already renewed, and whose licence expired between 1 March 2020 and 31 May 2020 will have a new expiry date of 1 July 2021.
- Any licence holder, who has not already renewed, and whose licence expired between 1 June 2020 and 31 August 2020 will have thirteen months (which includes the previous extension) added to their expiry date. By way of example a licence which expired on 31 August 2020 will have a new expiry date of 30 September 2021.
- Any licence holder, who has not already renewed and whose licence expiry date is between 1 September 2020 and 30 June 2021 will have an extra ten months added to their expiry date. By way of example a licence which expires on 30 June 2021 will have a new expiry date of 30 April 2022.
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/learner permit will not be issued to you.
