Mr. Brendan Walsh:

On retests, currently approximately 40% of vehicles that present would have fail items and require a retest. The reality is that many members of the general public use the NCT as a way to discover whether their vehicle needs something repaired and then they bring the list to a garage workshop for repair work to be carried out. From my experience, having worked in the motor industry, that is what I have seen over my entire career. People make the journey to a NCT centre to see what needs to be done and then will bring their vehicle to a garage for repairs. That is why we have quite a high level of fails, which require retests.