Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he consulted farming organisations in advance of issuing SI No. 413 of 2017 on road testing of tractors and the impact this would have on farmers. [45614/17]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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Directive 2014/45/EU on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers, requires, from 20 May 2018, the mandatory periodic testing of tractors with a maximum design speed exceeding 40 km/h (category T5), and which are used mainly on the public road for commercial road haulage purposes. There is however, no requirement on Member States to introduce compulsory testing for T5 tractors when being used for agricultural, horticultural, forestry, farming or fishery purposes mainly on the terrain where such activity takes place.

There is no requirement for a public consultation process when transposing mandatory EU Directives. However, the RSA will be engaging with affected stakeholders to provide them with guidance in relation to the practical implementation of its requirements.