Diarmuid Wilson (Fianna Fail)

I am glad the Senator is admitting he was wrong then.

The delay in re-testing is unacceptable and must be addressed. I was also surprised to learn that someone without an NCT certificate can tax his car. If a person without a certificate cannot tax his car, it will make it more obvious to the authorities that he has not passed the NCT. Gardaí at checkpoints check the tax disc but they should also check the NCT certificate.

Recently I was told of a case where a taxi driver took his car through the NCT test for public service vehicles. Three months later he changed his mind about working in the taxi service and wanted to change the car back to a private vehicle. To my astonishment, that person had to undergo another NCT test to change from a public service vehicle to a private vehicle.