09/09/2026
I have written to the Minister for Transport calling on him to initiate an investigation into the significant disparities in NCT failure rates between testing centres across the State, and particularly the exceptionally high failure rates recorded in Monaghan and Cavan.
The latest figures for 2025 show that 58.4% of vehicles tested in Cavan failed, the second-highest failure rate in the State. In Monaghan the failure rate was 57.8%, the fifth-highest nationally.
These figures stand in stark contrast to centres in other counties where failure rates are considerably lower.
People in Monaghan and Cavan deserve to know why.