Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 1 February 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion
Mr. Mark Synnott:
The first thing to recognise is that there is a dramatic shortage of qualified mechanics in this country. We tried to identify an alternative way of delivering capacity within the NCT. We explored whether we could introduce assistants, essentially, who would do the largely automated elements of the test, with the under-body inspection being completed by a fully qualified mechanic. That was the principle of what we explored.
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