The number of uninsured vehicles seized in 2024 was up 67% from the previous year, according to a report from the Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (MIBI).
A total of 18,676 vehicles were seized by gardaí for the offence last year, compared to 11,201 vehicles in 2023.
Meanwhile, the number of insurance-related summons and charges issued reached 26,094 in 2024, up 23% from the 2023 figure of 21,198.
The statistics were published in the MIBI's first annual report from the Irish Motor Insurance Database (IMID), which was introduced last year.
The database was set up to provide gardaí with the insurance details for all vehicles on Irish roads.
Gardaí can now quickly identify uninsured vehicles via the automatic number plate recognition system.
According to the report, by the end of last year details for 3,471,083 vehicles and 5,629,873 drivers were being updated and passed to gardaí daily.
The next phase of the IMID project will mean that motorists renewing or taking out a new insurance policy must provide their driver number from 31 March.
MIBI Chief Executive David Fitzgerald said that it has "long sought the implementation of a tool that would quickly provide the legal authorities with details on the motor insurance policies in place for any vehicle operating on Irish roads."
He said that the database has helped gardaí to "identify and apprehend thousands more uninsured drivers over the course of the year".
"IMID represents a new dawn in the battle against illegal, uninsured driving," said Mr Fitzgerald.
Mr Fitzgerald added that the addition of driver numbers to the database means it will "give gardaí an even more informed picture of the driver in question".
It will allow them to see any offences a driver may have committed and clampdown on "those who engage in serial illegal driving activity," he said.
