‘Release NCT report to grieving mother’

The minister for data protection has accused the National Car Testing Service (NCTS) of flying in the face of the spirit of data protection law by refusing to release NCT results to a mother whose daughter died driving a defective car.

Minister of State, Dara Murphy, said he can see no reason why the NCTS can’t release the information to Paula Murphy, whose plight was highlighted in the Irish Examiner yesterday.

“It appears to me that the NCTS is using data protection legislation to stop someone getting what they should be entitled to,” he said.