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Esther Burke isn't wrong to be furious about this. There is actually a serious issue here which deserves discussion. Foreign-registered vehicles temporarily in Ireland can operate under different registration and taxation arrangements from Irish-registered vehicles. That can also make roadside verification of documentation considerably less straightforward. But none of that changes the fundamental question: if a vehicle is involved in a collision in Ireland, Gardaí must be able to establish who owns it, whether the driver is licensed, whether the vehicle is roadworthy and, crucially, whether valid insurance exists. This shouldn't be about someone's nationality. It should be about having one effective system of road-safety enforcement for everybody using Irish roads. If our authorities cannot quickly verify the insurance and legal status of a foreign-registered vehicle after a collision, that is the problem that needs fixing.