Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I would have thought it is more of a case of not enforcing the law. Technically, people are breaking the law it is just that gardaí are not enforcing it. The insurance companies are also taking a pragmatic view. Ultimately, this is happening because people cannot get tests on time. If I have a four-year-old car and I want to trade it in, no dealer will touch it unless it has a valid NCT certificate. It has serious implications for people's day-to-day lives. What is being done to address the backlog? We are chasing figures with the RSA today but the bottom line is that ordinary people are waiting an inordinate amount of time to get an NCT appointment.