National Car Test

304. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the plan to expand the NCT test centres nationally; the timeframe to open the four additional locations in Clare, north Dublin, Cavan and Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61395/25]

305. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of reports received by the RSA in 2024 and 2025 from a contractor (details supplied) regarding performance and service levels of NCT centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61396/25]

306. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to provide details of the services provided by a contractor (details supplied) to the RSA regarding performance and service levels of NCT centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61397/25]

425. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport the number of Ukrainian-registered vehicles currently operating in the State; the estimated number that have not undergone NCT testing; and the measures being taken to ensure road safety and equitable treatment of all motorists. [59955/25]

238. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport his views on a matter regarding national car testing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51136/25]

259. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Transport to examine issues with the NCT outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51470/25]

221. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport the steps undertaken to ensure that a vehicle passed as fit under the Northern Ireland vehicle roadworthiness testing process meets the equivalent standards of the NCT in the Republic of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48271/25]

403. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport the average wait time for a national car test (NCT) at each NCT centres across Ireland in August 2024 and in August 2025, in tabular form; and to provide overall NCT staff numbers nationally for the same dates. [46944/25]

400. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of people who have currently been waiting either more than three, six and nine months for an NCT test, in each test centre in the State, in tabular form. [41149/25]

401. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if he will detail the ten longest lengths of time anybody has been waiting for an NCT test, of those currently waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41150/25]

579. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport the average waiting time for car tests in each of the three test centres, Ennis, Shannon and Kilrush for June 2024 and June 2025, in tabular form. [43603/25]

304. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Transport if there is a regulator or oversight body in respect of the National Car Test service operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39157/25]

282. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the impact on car dealerships in getting dates from the NCT service for their vehicles within a reasonable timeframe; the plans to ensure that car dealers with a trader account number have an NCT service for their vehicles within a reasonable timeframe (details supplied). [34327/25]

270. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport the number of and reasons for NCT appointments cancelled by the NCT service for each test centre in County Donegal in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31722/25]

353. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Transport the number of NCT testers in the Ennis test centre, for each year since 2020, in tabular form; to confirm that the three recently recruited testers are additional staff and not replacements for testers who are leaving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30047/25]

30. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Transport the number of NCT appointments cancelled by the NCT service, for each test centre in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26353/25]

269. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the average wait time for an NCT at the NCT Centre in Ennis, County Clare; the number of priority list NCT appointments given at the NCT Centre in Ennis, County Clare between 1 January 2025 and 31 March 2025; if he is satisfied with the current staffing levels at the NCT Centre in Ennis (details supplied); his plans to reduce wait times at …

204. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport if cars owned or operated by beneficiaries of temporary protection are not exempt from NCT testing and certification; the current position in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25021/25]

18. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport how the estimated time to car test invite statistics are compiled by the RSA; whether his attention has been drawn to significant disparities in the times reported on the CSO website and the waiting period in reality (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21406/25]

19. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of NCT tests carried out at centres (details provided) from 2020 to date in 2025, by year, per centre, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21424/25]

20. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if he would consider compelling the NCT to notify motorists when their NCT is due, to give motorists a reasonable period of time to arrange a test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21425/25]

21. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Transport if a second NCT testing centre is planned for County Clare; the measures he will enact to reduce the unacceptable waiting times for a test in the absence of a second centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21426/25]

295. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport his views on whether the current NCT regime is fit for purpose; how he will address current issues with wait times for testing; if he will consider reforming the mandatory completion time for re-tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8170/25]

135. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to a recent case in which a car that was dangerous and not road worthy passed the NCT (details supplied); if he has engaged with the NCT on this and to report on these discussions; if he has considered revoking the licence of the private company that administers the NCT; what measures he plans to take to rectify t…

105. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport if consideration is being given to the provision of a NCT centre in Kilrush, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4979/25]