Vehicle Testing
Seanad Éireann — 2023-04-19
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Marie Sherlock (LAB), Labour Panel

I thank the Minister of State for the reply. We still do not have a technical explanation as to why there is a requirement for a drive through. I ask the Minister of State to ask the RSA and the Department for that technical explanation. Jobs will be lost because of this.
We will have a crazy situation whereby commercial vehicles will be in use for longer periods and will release more carbon emissions in order to get tested. Where is the consistency between the ambition of the Department to reduce emissions and what is going to happen on foot of SI 475? The reality is that people have to use commercial vehicles. If people want to tell me that commercial vehicles will not be driven around our main urban centres in the future, I want to hear that. Let us be clear about that, particularly if the RSA and the Department of Transport are saying it. Certainly, it seems commercial vehicles have to be used in urban centres. Failing to provide for testing centres in those places points to a lack of joined-up thinking on the part of the Department.

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Sitting date: 2023-04-19