The Infrastructure Minister has "ruled out" the privatisation of MOT tests in Northern Ireland. It comes ahead of a Stormont debate on waiting times for MOT tests, with increased calls for Northern Ireland to adopt a similar model to MOT tests in Great Britain. Motorists currently face an average wait of 72 days for an MOT test.
The Infrastructure Minister has "ruled out" the privatisation of MOT tests in Northern Ireland . It comes ahead of a Stormont debate on Monday, March 11, focused on waiting times for MOT tests, with increased calls for Northern Ireland to adopt a similar model to MOT tests in Great Britain , where testing takes place at authorised garages . Earlier this week, the Driver and Vehicle Agency ( DVA ) confirmed that hairline cracks have been found in 16 lifts at MOT test centres .
Motorists currently face an average wait of 72 days for an MOT test and this length of wait has been described by the DVA's Chief Executive, Jeremy Logan, as the new normal. Despite facing increased calls to review the MOT system here by adopting a similar system as in Great Britain, Infrastructure Minister John O'Dowd said this is "a call for privatisation" which he has "emphatically ruled out"
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