(1) Subject to this Part, a person may apply to a licensing authority for a licence ('Irish driving licence') to drive a mechanically propelled vehicle of a specified category.

(2) An application for an Irish driving licence-

(a) shall be made-

(i) to the licensing authority, and

(ii) in accordance with the regulations made under section 42(2)(c),

(b) shall be accompanied by-

(i) any certificate of competency or fitness required under regulations under this Act, and

(ii) the fee payable on the taking out of such a licence,

and

(c) shall contain-

(i) a recent photograph of the applicant, and

(ii) the applicant's personal public service number allocated and issued to him or her under section 262(2) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005.

(3) Details of an applicant's personal public service number referred to in subsection (2)(c) may be entered in licence records.

(4)