Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Engagement with Road Safety Authority
Mr. Sam Waide:
I might come in there. It is a very good question. This is a discussion I have had most recently with one of the auto providers in the context of us sharing the NCT information, which would inform the industry. As the Deputy rightly pointed out, it informs the mechanics and the garages that these are the components of the vehicle or its functionality aspects that typically fail in a given brand of vehicle. From an educational, awareness and cultural perspective, it can only be a benefit for everyone that that information be made available to the industry and garages in order that they will be aware of the specific defects and failures, and they can then advise their customers. A person's local mechanic could advise him or her about a particular brand of car and any items the mechanic might know have a high fail rate. Ultimately, that can only be a good thing, with safer vehicles on the road.
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