RSA looking for 'risk averse' head of NCT services amid massive backlog

Average wait times at NCT centres have ballooned over the past 12 months, with waits of six months or more common across the country. Picture: Dan Linehan

The Road Safety Authority is to hire a new “risk averse” head of NCT services amid a massive backlog in waiting times for the test.

The authority, which outsources operations of the National Car Test via a €650m contract with Spanish firm Applus, is seeking a new hire to “manage the delivery of the NCT service and associated contracts through a commercial relationship with the agreed service providers”.