James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I wish to ask the Government about the national car test, NCT. There is a backlog of almost 400,000 vehicles nationally as a consequence perhaps of serious mismanagement within Applus+ and also in respect of RSA oversight of the NCT. Has the Government a plan to deal with this? Is it looking at potentially terminating the contract when that window of opportunity arises to allow for a review of the system for NCT in Ireland? Many people now on the road are technically driving vehicles that do not have NCT certification. Those people have to wait for significant periods for a test. For others, their NCT certification has expired, which is technically an offence. Will the Government examine this and try to fix it?

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