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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Mr. Waide. He will understand this is of huge interest to the general public and to business concerns. We are glad to have the witnesses before us and welcome this engagement. I move to members. First on the rota is Senator Dooley. He has 12 minutes but I will be liberal.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: How many in total are there at the moment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I ask Mr. Walsh to be brief as we have a number of members waiting to contribute.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: The next speaker is Deputy Carey, to whom I will allow up to 15 minutes. I can give no more than that because we are caught for time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: What number of days are they supposed to do under the contract?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: If they get above 12, are they hit with a penalty?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Do we issue them with penalties?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: In layman's terms then, you have.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Deputy Carey. We move now to Senator Horkan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thought the cars had to be a lot less than four years old.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: How many people are currently waiting on an NCT, both on the priority list and generally? How many people are on the RSA's waiting list?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: On the priority waiting list.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I will just add to that. The 31, 605 vehicles on the priority list all have appointment dates. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: They do have an appointment date. Have the 355,985 vehicle owners applied for an appointment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Just to clarify, the 31,605 figure is for those that have appointments. The 355,985 figure is the total number of cars, outside of the 31,605, that have received a 90-day notice to make an appointment. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is 387,590 in total. The key question is how many of the 355,985 do not have an appointment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: You should have that figure for us today. It is unacceptable that you do not have that figure because we are hearing from the public that they are petrified about being stopped by a garda. There are genuine people who have applied for the test but will not get it before their NCT certificate goes out of date. They are worried about how members of the Garda and their insurance company will...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is how people would get the slot. I know of a person based in Dublin whose certificate was due to expire on 12 October. The person went onto the booking system on Monday and the earliest available slot was on 4 January 2023 in Clifden or Westport, which is miles away-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I am reaffirming the Senator's point. The next appointment in Deansgrange was on 18 April, which is six months away. The longest wait time was for Drogheda, with the next available slot on 2 May, almost seven months away. It is very difficult to comprehend what is happening. People are trying to book tests and while they might be a bit late in doing so, they should not have to wait three...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: We are talking about the law-abiding people who are fearful about how their insurance company and An Garda Síochána will treat them. It must be said that the insurance companies and the Garda are being very pragmatic at the moment but people are genuinely worried because technically they are breaking the law, through no fault of their own, because they cannot get a test.