Ireland has four times EU average of uninsured vehicles

The number of uninsured vehicles in Ireland is four times the EU/EEA average.

The Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland says it's the second highest level of uninsured vehicles at 7.8 percent, only behind Greece at 8.2 percent.

Figures for last year show that 1 in 12 private vehicles here were on the road without a valid disc.

MI-BI - the company, which protects and supports victims of uninsured drivers will tell an Oireachtas Committee this afternoon, that the rate of private vehicles without insurance in Ireland is four times the European average.

They accounted for over 188 thousand vehicles on our roads last year up 13 thousand on 2021.

CEO of the Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland David Fitzgerald says the figures are startling.