Mr. Brendan Walsh:

The service for the NCT is pretty much back to where it needs to be. My team and I have sat down over the past number of weeks and started considering what the next five years will look like, what we will need to do and what changes we will need to make. This is one of the changes we need to consider. We are also considering simple matters like the dental appointment approach, whereby someone who goes to a dentist gets another appointment for a year’s time. In this way, someone would know when he or she should be coming in for an NCT. A reminder might also be sent. We want to try to find ways to ensure that what has happened never happens again. Linking motor tax to the NCT could be one measure we consider, but there will be a suite of other measures as well. My priority is to ensure that people can get NCTs when they want them.