Car owners who give their vehicle to an unaccompanied learner driver are to be prosecuted under new laws.

Almost eight cars every day are being seized by gardaí from unaccompanied learner drivers, according to this news story today.

A 21-year-old unaccompanied learner driver who was speeding when he hit and killed a teenager will be sentenced next week.

It was his amendment allowing for car owners who permit unaccompanied learner drivers to be prosecuted that the House was discussing.

Legal issues are delaying the implementation of regulations on unaccompanied learner drivers, Minister for Transport Shane Ross has told the Dáil.

Some 74 unaccompanied learner drivers were involved in collisions resulting in serious injury over this period, the Minister has told the Dáil.

More than 1,600 vehicles have been seized from unaccompanied learner drivers since the end of last year.

An unaccompanied learner driver who was involved in a fatal collision with a food delivery motorcyclist has been given a suspended 12-month sentence.

Making owners liable if they allow their vehicles to be driven by an unaccompanied learner driver is under active consideration by the Government.

The Garda computer system has yet to be updated to record the fact that a vehicle has been seized from an unaccompanied learner driver.

Gardaí seized 377 vehicles driven by unaccompanied learner drivers in the first 50 days of new legislation, according to the latest statistics.