Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 July 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport

Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association

2:00 am

Mr. Ger Hyland:

To give a quick overview of that, nearly every haulier in this room has a truck or two trucks parked up in his yard, especially now with the majority of hauliers so short of drivers. I have a truck parked up in the yard that was registered on 1 March three years ago. I now have a driver for that truck. The MOT or CVRT ran out on that truck on 1 March this year. I present that truck to my local test centre, which gives me a six-month certificate for that truck because the previous test certificate ran out on 1 March. I am looking for a test certificate for a year from the date of the test. If I present my truck today for testing, which should have been tested on 1 March but was not because it was not on the road, I get a six-month certificate, but if I drive around the building and retest it again, I can get a 12-month certificate, but I pay for two tests.

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