Plans to bring an NCT centre to Cootehill have now been stalled, a recent meeting of Cavan County Council was told.
Cllr Aiden Fitzpatrick highlighted the matter after calling on the local authority to write to Applus and to the Minister for Transport requesting an explanation for the delay in providing Cootehill with the centre.
He told those gathered the matter had been going on for a number of years and a site for the development had even been selected some time ago.
Cllr Fitzpatrick said that costs to build the centre amounted to €1.2m and Applus had indicated that this was outside of its budget.
He added how bewildering it is that the centre can't be built particularly in light of the fact that there is a backlog at NCT centres nationwide.
Meanwhile, Cllr Paddy McDonald said the time had come for the State to step in and run the centres.
He pointed out that the current backlogs indicated clearly that private companies were unable to provide the service.
