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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I do not know who has access to what but if the RSA does not have access, it should be able to ask somebody to have access. If there are cars taxed in 2023 that have not been tested since 2015, it should be given access to information on how many of them are there or whatever.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Applus also gets notified of end-of-life stuff and all the rest to take them off its database.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Is that because they are not motor taxed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Do we have any idea about a cohort of vehicles that are being driven around the country, are taxed but without having undergone the NCT and that have not been tested in years?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: It would be interesting to find out how many cars we might think are in the system that are being driven around and getting taxed and hopefully insured but whose owners are just ignoring the system. There was a time when car checkpoints seemed to check for NCTs and maybe they still do but I am not sure whether people are encountering them as much as they used to.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Has the RSA ever done a deep dive into cars whose owners do not appear to bother getting NCTs? Is it a concern?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Should it not be a concern for the Road Safety Authority that if car owners are not bothering to get their cars tested, presumably such cars could easily have more risks associated with them than cars that have been tested?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I think it would be a useful exercise that I would like to take from here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I cannot instruct the RSA what to do but it would be useful to find out if there is a cohort of car owners who do not bother to engage and seem to be getting away with it, and how many there are.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: That means 5% of 2 million is the guts of 100,000 cars.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: The timing stuff is okay. As I said, there are people who would have loved to have got a test in January but who cannot get it until March or whatever; unless they ring the call centre. It would be useful if Mr. Synnott could do that and share the information with the committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: As we are finishing the meeting at 4.30 p.m. and it is 4.26 p.m., there are four minutes left in the meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: If the Senator has a point to raise, he is very welcome to do so.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: To add to Senator Murphy's point, I think we heard earlier that the time for the category B licence, which is an ordinary licence, is around 19 weeks but the upgrades if one likes, the C and D licences take ten to 12 weeks. While those times are shorter than everybody else's, it is still too long.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I think-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I agree.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Mr. Walsh mentioned a facility for front-line workers of key workers of some description. I do not know what the criteria are but is there is a facility where if a business really needs it, can it be prioritised?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays Affecting Car Tests and Driver Tests: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: To conclude, I thank the witnesses for everything they are doing for road safety and for motorists. We get frustrated with the witnesses but people get frustrated with us. We know they are on a path towards a better place and that Covid-19 and other things have really shaken up business models and so on but ultimately, we wish you the very best in terms of road safety, driver licence...
- Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 Jan 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Amendments Nos. 13 to 16, inclusive, and 74 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.
- Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 Jan 2023)
Gerry Horkan: The Senator may speak to all of the amendments in the group.