Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 27 June 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority

9:30 am

Mr. Sam Waide:

On the question of conflict of interest, one of the RSA's statutory obligations is to provide assurance that vehicles on the road are roadworthy. Hence, we provide the NCT service through a third party and CVRT testing of commercial vehicles. It is not a conflict; it is a demand. Whatever the number of vehicles, we need, for the purposes and benefits of road safety, to make sure those vehicles are safe. We deliver that service. If that demand halved next year or the following year, our costs would reduce exponentially because of the level of activity.