Increases in costs of driving licences and the NCT have been advised by an external review of the Road Safety Authority (RSA).
Ms Herbert said it must be acknowledged that service level target agreements for both the NCT and the driving test have "slipped considerably" in the last while.reports that an external review has recommended a complete overhaul of the Road Safety Authority and transferring some key functions back to the Department of Transport.
"As it stands at the moment, these two activities are outsourced, so, I suppose, the question has to be asked - is the current funding model for those adequate? "Because, I mean, one of the other things that the report says is that if there is going to be increases, there has to be this has to be conditional on substantially meeting service level agreements."Ms Herbert said it must be acknowledged that service level target agreements for both the NCT and the driving test have"slipped considerably" in the last while.
"So, you have to ask the question - is an increase necessary in order to get these service level agreement targets back in place? Because it's not happening at the moment, there are long waiting times for the NCT," she said. "I had a look at the driving test this morning and picked three random locations where the ideal time is a 10 week waiting list.Ms Herbert said she's not sure that an overhaul of the RSA will make a"huge difference" in terms of road safety.White, Irish and Islamic - 'I was getting told to go back to where I came from and I'm like 'Coolock?''
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