NCT Delays could mean a free test
Trying to book an NCT test in Castlerea is almost impossible at the moment. The online NCT booking system has no dates available in the next 6 weeks. If you ring the NCT you are told there are no appointments available in Castlerea - but they offer to put you on a list and to write to you when a date is available.
There is a line in the NCT customer charter that says if you don’t get an appointment within 4 weeks - you don’t have to pay. The problem is - that you don’t get confirmation that you tried to book an appointment - so you will find it hard to proove that the appointment (when it comes) - is more than 4 weeks after you originally tried to book. It might be a good idea to keep records of any phone calls (dates and times and ask the name of the operator) - also email NCT when after your first booking attempt to confirm that you tried to book.
Another badly run organisation in Ireland - where the needs of the general public seem to come last.
Applus is the company chosen to run the NCT testing service - they are in it to make profit of course - but surely the government should have a service level agreement with them which needs to be enforced.