RSA announces price hike for driving licence and NCT

[ClubMan]

RSA announces price hike for driving licence and NCT

The Road Safety Authority has announced price increases for a number of its services including driving licence fees and NCTs.

www.rte.ie

The Road Safety Authority has announced price increases for a number of its services including driving licence fees and NCTs.

The cost of a driving licence will increase by €10 from €55 to €65 while the price of a learner permit will also increase by €10 from €35 to €45.

A full NCT will increase in price from €55 to €60, while a retest will now cost €40 up from €28 previously.

The commercial vehicle roadworthiness test will also increase by 15% in the pre-VAT cost.

The price changes will come into effect from 1 January 2025.

 

[MrEarl]

The increase in cost of a driving licence or learner permit looks a bit rich.

 

[ClubMan]

18% and 29% respectively!

 

[joe sod]

I thought the RSA was being removed from all that and it was going back to department of transport?

 

[Peanuts20]

Hasn't been increased in over 10 years is my understanding, hence why this years increases are a bit chunky

 

[Dr Strangelove]

The twilight zone of an outgoing government approving things before a new government in place

 

[Persia]

New boss same as the old boss....at least that's what FFG talks are aligning on

 

[Cervelo]

It's small money in the greater scheme of things and as Peanuts says it's been years the last increase

 

[ClubMan]

It's small money in the greater scheme of things and as Peanuts says it's been years the last increase

That's the RSA line alright...

The RSA said the fee adjustments were due to planned €18m expenditure on "public interest activities and government priorities".

It said these will be the first price hikes since 2012.

 

[Cervelo]

That's the RSA line alright...

And their right, I'm more worried (if that's the correct word) about the .40 cent that went on to a pound of butter that I buy once a fortnight then I am about a €10 once every 10 years

 

[Ruffian]

The prices should be linked annually to something like the CPI. They could call it the anti-whinger adjustment.

 

[Leo]

They sought permission to increase fees earlier this year but Jack Chambers shot them down saying there was no need. Some time later questions get asked about their fitness for purpose arising from growing complaints about waiting times, service levels, and other issues. So it turns out they indeed did have enough money to continue doing a bad job. That publicity resulted in an external review who advised they had to raise fees to remain viable.

 

[Dr Strangelove]

I booked an NCT yesterday (Dublin area) and was not short of times and dates on offer.

The NDLS is by comparison extremely useless in my experience.

Anyway these prices have to keep up with inflation which has been ≈20% since 2022.

More generally prices of state services should be reset more regularly and ideally with arms-length processes in place. Currently they tend to be done infrequently, in large increments, and only when viability of a service is threatened. The same thing happened with stamps a few years ago.

The Low Pay Commission is an excellent examplar - a thorough annual analysis put in the public domain with a recommendation for the minimum wage that the government can accept or reject.

 

[Leo]

I booked an NCT yesterday (Dublin area) and was not short of times and dates on offer.

Try again in January

 

[joer]

One of the Healy -Rae' s on the Radio this morning said the RSA should be re- named the RWA....
Robbed Workers Association....
Perhaps he is right