Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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Question 65: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the person responsible for awarding the contract for national car test garages; and the criteria for any decision made. [13675/11]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006 (Conferral of Functions) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 477 of 2006) the Road Safety Authority has responsibility for the delivery of the National Car Test. The RSA has overall responsibility for the operation, oversight, development, quality assurance and delivery of vehicle testing arrangements. The testing function is carried out by Applus, a global company in the compliance testing field, since January 2010, under a contractual arrangement with the RSA. Award of the contract for carrying out the NCT and the criteria applying thereto is a matter for the RSA.