Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)

The RSA vehicle inspectorate participated in 225 roadside checks in 2008, an increase of more than 100% on 2007. Roadside checks were completed on 3,252 vehicles. These checks revealed that 1,350 of the vehicles had some defects. The RSA vehicle inspectorate made 280 vehicle testing network test centre visits in 2008 to ensure compliance with commercial vehicle test centre standards and consistency of testing. The impression should not be created that nothing is happening in this area. There is one major issue that still must be resolved, that is, the staff going from local authorities to the RSA.

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