Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland - MIBI

28/04/2025

The system allows gardaí to see in seconds if a vehicle is uninsured or has not been added to the database.

28/04/2025

28/04/2025

The owners of almost 86,000 uninsured vehicles have been compelled to get cover, with the introduction of a system of roadside checks using a new database.

28/04/2025

The percentage of uninsured private vehicles on Irish roads has almost halved following the introduction of the new Irish Motor Insurance Database system, which is aimed at assisting gardaí to easily detect uninsured drivers.

28/04/2025

According to research conducted by the Motor Insurers’ Bureau of Ireland (MIBI), private uninsured vehicles represented 4.2% of the overall private fleet across the Republic of Ireland in 2024, an almost 50% reduction from when the same analysis was undertaken for 2022 and the percentage total stood at 8.3%.


An Garda Síochána Road Safety Authority Ireland

PERCENTAGE OF UNINSURED PRIVATE VEHICLES ON IRISH ROADS HALVES FOLLOWING INTRODUCTION OF NEW DETECTION SYSTEM - MIBI

31/03/2025

The new legal requirement for motorists to provide their driver number when renewing or taking out motor insurance is in effect from today.

31/03/2025

Thank you Irish Deaf Society for helping build further awareness of the Driver Number requirement for anyone who is renewing or taking out a motor insurance policy.

31/03/2025

From now on it will be an offence for any insurance provider or broker to issue motor insurance to anyone should the driver numbers not be provided for all the named drivers on their policy.

Over 2 million individual driver numbers have already been collected by insurers and these will now be added to the Irish Motor Insurance Database (IMID).

This information will benefit road safety by allowing An Garda Síochána to obtain a more comprehensive insight into any offences individuals may have committed, making it even more challenging for drivers who act illegally on Irish roads to evade detection.

An Garda Síochána

DRIVER NUMBER REQUIREMENT FOR MOTOR INSURANCE TAKES EFFECT - MIBI Over 2 million driver numbers already collected and these will now be added to IMID

29/03/2025

Fantastic video from Petula Martyn of RTÉ News on the Driver Number requirement which takes effect from Monday.

This is an important new legal measure, which anyone renewing or taking out motor insurance will need to comply with from 31 March onwards.
An Garda Síochána



Watch: New driver number requirement for insurance

From Monday, motorists looking to renew or take out a new motor policy must provide their driver number.

21/03/2025

19/03/2025

The number of insurance related summons and charges issued by An Garda Síochána reached 26,094 in 2024, up by 23 per cent from 21,198 in 2023.

19/03/2025

Yet another uninsured driver detected today.

Vehicle seized and summons to follow for Court.

If you have a vehicle and use it on the public roads, then it must be insured. No exceptions or excuses.