Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein)
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824. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the costs associated with introducing a statutory instrument to test wheeled tractors of the T5 category with a maximum design speed exceeding 40 km/h used for commercial haulage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11900/18]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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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 (RSA) has responsibility for the operation, oversight, development, quality assurance and delivery of commercial vehicle  roadworthiness testing arrangements.

Accordingly, the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport will not incur any costs by introducing legislation to enable the periodic roadworthiness testing of category T vehicles with a maximum design speed of 40 km/hr.

Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein)
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825. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated revenue that will be generated by introducing a statutory instrument to test wheeled tractors of the T5 category with a maximum design speed exceeding 40 km/h used for commercial haulage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11901/18]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has responsibility for the operation, oversight, development, quality assurance and delivery of commercial vehicle roadworthiness testing arrangements. Therefore it will be the RSA who will be able to provide the figures requested.

However, as the Statutory Instrument that will transpose the relevant EU Directive and introduce periodic roadworthiness testing for category T vehicles with a maximum design speed exceeding 40 km/hr from 20 May 2018 is currently at drafting stage and pending legal advice, this will not be possible until the test comes into operation from 20 May 2018.