James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Waide is the chief executive of the Road Safety Authority. Based on the response I just heard, this amounts to very serious mismanagement and it suggests Applus and the RSA underestimated the degree of backlog that would develop. In ten centres, a member of the public who needs to apply for a test may have to wait until the autumn before he or she will be seen for an NCT. I am due for one myself and I will have to wait until September to get a test in my local area. I cannot understand how the Road Safety Authority, no doubt in conjunction with Mr. Synnott's organisation, thought this was a good idea. What is Mr. Waide's view on it?