National Car Test

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 April 2023

Tuesday, 18 April 2023

Questions (324)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

324. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he and or his officials have undertaken an analysis of the number of cars sold in the second-hand car market in 2022 and 2023; the number of change of ownership transactions that have taken place in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 in the context of the owners log being updated; and if his attention or that of his officials has been drawn to instances in which vehicle owners cannot sell their vehicle due to it not having an up to date NCT [17763/23]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Transport

The numbers of change of ownership notifications received by the Department, for the years requested, are is provided in  the table below. Also shown are the number of these notifications that relate to second car sales only. It should be noted that the figures do not pertain to unique vehicles as some vehicles, particularly those that are traded with motor dealers, can have more than one ownership change per annum.

Year	All Change of Ownerships	Of Which: Second Hand Car Sales
2020	1,135,653	904,378
2021	1,181,637	930,966
2022	1,037,374	812,311
2023 (to 31 March)	297,176	238,908

The Department have not been made aware of ownership changes been impacted by NCT waiting lists. A change of ownership for a vehicle requires no validation of the status of the NCT.