Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 187: To ask the Minister for Transport the penalty that currently applies for non-display of a valid national car test certificate; the specific statutory instrument where this penalty is set out; the previous levels of this penalty since the year 2000; and the specific dates when they applied. [12718/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The Road Traffic (National Car Test) Regulations 2003 require that a current test disc be displayed on the front windscreen of a car liable to testing. The penalties for non-compliance with this requirement are covered by section 102 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 as amended by the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 1984 as amended by the Road Traffic Act 2002.

From 2000 to 2002, the penalties were a fine not exceeding £150 in the case of a first offence, a fine not exceeding £350 in the case of a second or subsequent offence, and a fine of not exceeding £350 or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding three months or both in the case of a third or subsequent offence in a period of 12 consecutive months. These fines were increased under the Road Traffic Act 2002 to not exceeding €800 in the case of a first offence, not exceeding €1,500 in the case of a second or subsequent offence, and not exceeding €1,500 in the case of a third or subsequent offence in a period of 12 consecutive months.