Motorists are paying up to €25million a year in new licence and renewal fees to the National Driving Licence Service (NDLS).
The Irish Mirror has seen records that show the NDLS collected €189,341,043 from 19th January 2013 to 31st December 2021.
It scooped €25,650,710 in 2019, while this fell to € 19,841,518 in 2020 because of Covid.