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Italian licence - changing for insurance

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  • 26-05-2018 9:06am
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    FionnK86
    Registered Users Posts: 1,200 ✭✭✭


    Morning Boards,

    I've two Italian housemates and there sick of me driving them to work :rolleyes:

    They've got Italian licences, is it a good idea to get these changed to Irish ones for insurance quotes and would it justify the expense?


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    mistress_gi
    Registered Users Posts: 963 ✭✭✭mistress_gi


    Technically they can drive here on their Italian licenses, all European licenses would be valid in any European country. However, insurance companies here do give a 'discount' for people using Irish driving licenses.
    I have a European license myself and was told by a broker that if I changed my license to an Irish one I would be paying 200 or 300 euro less (sorry I can't remember the exact amount).
    I chose not to change mine but it is still valid and I drive away here :)
    So in terms of expense it would be worth.
    I think that the biggest problem though will be the lack of ncb, so if they can produce a no claims discount from their last insurance it would bring the cost of the insurance down.


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    FionnK86
    Registered Users Posts: 1,200 ✭✭✭FionnK86


    mistress_gi wrote: »
    Technically they can drive here on their Italian licenses, all European licenses would be valid in any European country. However, insurance companies here do give a 'discount' for people using Irish driving licenses.
    I have a European license myself and was told by a broker that if I changed my license to an Irish one I would be paying 200 or 300 euro less (sorry I can't remember the exact amount).
    I chose not to change mine but it is still valid and I drive away here :)
    So in terms of expense it would be worth.
    I think that the biggest problem though will be the lack of ncb, so if they can produce a no claims discount from their last insurance it would bring the cost of the insurance down.

    Hey Mistress GI, even a roundabout figure of 200 euro would convince them to change the licence, think it's a few minutes in the NDLS and only a few euro. Thanks


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    mistress_gi
    Registered Users Posts: 963 ✭✭✭mistress_gi


    I looked into changing my license and it costs around 50 euro for a 10 year license, from what I know it may take a few weeks for the new Irish license to arrive.
    Or I could just add this link:
    https://www.ndls.ie/holders-of-foreign-licences.html#to-apply-to-exchange-a-foreign-driving-licence-issued-by-a-member-state-of-the-european-union-european-economic-area

    Aah :)


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