Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)

A working group of local authorities, Departments, including a representative from my Department, the Garda, the Revenue Commissioners and the Road Safety Authority was established to identify improvements in the legislative and enforcement framework arising from the increase in the numbers of foreign registered vehicles on our roads. The group reported to the Minister for Finance in October 2008 and recommended that all used vehicles should be examined prior to registration in Ireland. Section 61 of Finance (No. 2) Act 2008 provided that the Revenue Commissioners could appoint a competent authority to carry out pre-registration checks on used imports on their behalf.

I understand there is a separate contract between the Revenue Commissioners and the NCT operator on import conformance inspections. The operation of this contract is a matter for the Revenue Commissioners.

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