Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I apologise for being late. It very often happens here that meetings coincide and clash. I will continue on some of the points that the Chairman has raised. What was to happen with the new NCT test centre in Shannon was raised a number of weeks ago.

Responding in the Dáil, the Minister, Deputy Ryan, said there were significant contractual difficulties and that negotiations on the site identified were at the point of collapsing, with alternatives being explored. No more than people anywhere else in the country, people in Clare are exasperated at the waiting times and at the stress they feel knowing their car could be stopped by gardaí at any time with their NCT certificate having expired. What can the RSA tell people in Clare and the mid-west with regard to advancing a site at Shannon or in that general region?