Speaking on the issue she said, “a𝒍𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆 𝑴𝑶𝑻 𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒔 (𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕).  This is owing to a lack of availability of appointments and in the main those who require road tax renewals whilst waiting on the appointment.  Many people have even received fines for not having their road tax renewed for this very reason.

This is an issue I have been pressing continually and every effort on the part of the staff and officials is being made but there needs Ministerial intervention to better resource this vital service.

More capacity is required, more resourcing is required and given the latest revelation with a further 14 lifts found to have cracks it is essential we get clarity from the Minister as to his action plan for dealing with this escalating problem.  I have written to the Infrastructure Minister calling on him to intervene urgently.



I would encourage anyone experiencing problems to contact the DVA directly or I am always happy to assist.  It is vital also that you continue to liaise with your insurance if you are experiencing delays in obtaining a date so as to ensure you are road worthy and covered in the case of an accident.“