Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Engagement with Road Safety Authority
Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
Unless everyone on the list decides to go on the cancellation list, in which case it will not work. At the moment it is an option that is open to people. I must admit that I got it very quickly. I can admit at this stage that my NCT was probably out of date for a number of days but not for months. I will be honest: after I got notification, I first tried to get a test and I was offered one for one or two months later and when I checked a couple of days later it was similar to what other members stated. I was looking at between three and seven months. It was mad and involved travelling to terrible places like Kells, which I obviously could not do. I do not mean any offence. I will probably have to apologise to Deputy O'Rourke later for that comment.
That is where that is. The most important point at this stage is what the Chair has said, namely, that if the RSA has requests we will ensure we follow up in regard to them. It was mentioned earlier that there were interactions about the lack of testing staff. I assume that was one of the two issues. What was the interaction with Departments given that the RSA did not get to the place it wanted?
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