Archive for Correspondence

  • Letter to Garda Commissioner (5th May 2008) Letter to Garda Commissioner (5th May 2008)

    Dear Garda Commissioner, We would like to bring to your attention, the unwarranted and unconstitutional interference by Gardai at the illegal seizure and/or detention of citizens’ property, namely vehicles, particularly in border counties and throughout this Nation. We would like to inform y...

  • Irish Drivers Association Budget (23rd Oct 2006)

    Reference: VRT Dear Mr. Cowen, Minister for Finance, We refer to previous correspondence on the above matter. The association is calling for the abolition of vehicle registration tax on all new and second hand motor vehicles and the refunding of this tax to each citizen who purchased a new or ...

  • Letter to Taoiseach (18th August 2006)

    Dear Taoiseach, We have written to you on a number of occasions in connection with various motoring issues, NCT, VRT etc. We have little or no response from the Minister of Transport even though thousands of our members disagree with his judgment and his predecessors. It is in our opinion t...

  • Letter to Samantha Breen (17th August 2006)

    We refer to your letter dated 25th.July 2006, and respond as follows. We are surprised that NCTs does not know or are not aware of the legal status of the certificate which you issue to motorists. Since NCTs does not guarantee the roadworthiness of a vehicle for the duration of the period of the ...

  • Letter to Members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee

    Members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee Ladies and Gentlemen, TD’s Senators and Members of the JOC, we wish to thank you for giving us this opportunity to present concerns from our members on various aspects of Transport. We are grateful and we thank you in advance for hearing us. Issues t...

  • Letter to Samantha Breen (19th July 2006)

    Dear Samantha Breen, We refer to your recent letter to Dan Danagher to the Clare Champion where you referred to the Association and mentioned that there were over 400 items to be tested by NCTS on  a citizens’ vehicle. Could you please forward a copy of the over 400 items to be tested so th...

  • Letter to Ombudsman (12th May 2006)

    For the attention of Bernie Kelly. Dear Ombudsman, We refer to our telephone conversation of this morning concerning the non-response of Government Departments, in particular the Department of Transport and the Department of Finance, to our letters of concern relating to NCT, VRT and other mat...

  • Letter to Members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee (23rd April 2006)

    Members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee Ladies and Gentlemen, TD’s Senators and Members of the JOC, we wish to thank you for giving us this opportunity to present concerns from our members on various aspects of Transport. We are grateful and we thank you in advance for hearing us. We have ...

  • Letter to Ministers Cowen and Cullen (25th Feb 2006)

    Dear Mr. Cowen and Mr. Cullen, Ministers of Finance and Transport, As an Association of Irish Drivers we speak for both the Association and the majority of motorists in this country and wish to express our concern about the numerous ‘rip-off’s’ existing in this country in relation to motori...

  • Letter to Taoiseach (18th Feb 2006)

    Dear Taoiseach, The Irish Drivers Association was formed in Clare 2 years ago with the objective of protecting the rights and opinions of Irish motorists. For too long the motorist has been ignored notwithstanding the billions of Euro we have contributed to the Irish Exchequer with little in retu...