Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter regarding the NCT (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3285/22]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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The operation of the National Car Test (NCT) service is the statutory responsibility of the Road Safety Authority and I have therefore shared your concerns with the Authority for their information.

Regulation 2 of the Road Traffic (National Car Test) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 415 of 2017) sets out the definition of a re-test (copied below for your convenience). It states that a person must apply for a retest within 21 days of being refused a test certificate, with the view of having the vehicle retested within 30 days of being refused a test certificate.

“re-test” means a subsequent test carried out on a vehicle under these Regulations, subsequent to the refusal of a test certificate in respect of that vehicle, where—

(a)the application for the re-test is made not more than 21 days after the day on which the test certificate was refused, and

(b)the test is carried out on a day which is not more than 30 days after the day on which a test certificate in respect of the vehicle was first refused;

There are no current plans to amend S.I. No. 415 of 2017 to extend the 30 day period.