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Roadworthiness Testing

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 February 2014

Tuesday, 18 February 2014

Questions (801, 814, 856)

Willie O'Dea

Question:

801. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to exempt vintage veteran vehicles to reduce the regulatory burden to owners of historic vehicles, in order to have a similar exemption which already applies to pre 1980 vintage cars which do not require NCT road worthiness testing under the Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Act road worthiness testing, as requested by the Vintage Veteran Trucks Association in Ireland in September 2012 and January 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7820/14]

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Willie O'Dea

Question:

814. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to exempt pre-1980 vintage veteran vehicles from roadworthiness testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7970/14]

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Stephen Donnelly

Question:

856. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make vintage trucks and trailers exempt from testing under the Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Act 2012, in order that pre-1980 vintage trucks are treated equally with other vintage veteran vehicles, for example cars and caravans, which are exempt from roadworthiness testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8358/14]

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Written answers

I propose to take Questions Nos. 801, 814 and 856 together.

Under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006 (Conferral of Functions) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 477 of 2006) the Road Safety Authority has the overall responsibility for the operation, oversight, development, quality assurance and delivery of commercial vehicle roadworthiness testing arrangements.

In accordance with current commercial vehicle roadworthiness testing requirements  - SI 347 of 2013 - all commercial vehicles over one year old must undergo and pass a roadworthiness test and hold a valid Certificate of Roadworthiness if used in a public place. Some older commercial vehicles are still capable of being used for commercial purposes and it is for this reason that all commercial vehicles, regardless of age, are required to be tested to the standards that they were originally designed to meet.

However, under Action 59 of the 2013-2020 Road Safety Strategy, the RSA have committed to completing a review of roadworthiness testing arrangements for vintage vehicles by Quarter 1 of 2015.

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