Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 October 2016
587. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to set up a licensing system for car sellers to regulate the industry and put a stop to unregulated sellers who may be selling cars that are not roadworthy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29466/16]
View answerThe question of the licencing of car sellers, which is a commercial sales activity, comes within the remit of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.
My Department is concerned that a number of fatalities have occurred as a result of motorists using inexpensive and sometimes unroadworthy vehicles. However, I understand that in a number of such instances, the drivers of this particular category of vehicle have tended to ignore road traffic legislation and frequently have no driver licence or compulsory insurance. In addition, many of these vehicles are not compliant with legal roadworthiness requirements and do not have current certificates of testing from the National Car Testing Service (NCT).
Under road traffic legislation, the NCT testing regime is designed to increase the safety of road going vehicles. Enforcement of this legislation is a matter for the Garda Síochána.
