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.
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.
The Irish Road Haulage Association has called on the Government to immediately rescind what it called "shock price increases".
It said the increases were unjustifiable given Government proposals to abolish the RSA and reform its functions.
IRHA President Ger Hyland said the increase is "some Christmas present for the hard pressed customers of the RSA".
"By allowing this price hike the Government is sending all the wrong signals about an Authority which the Government has already agreed to abolish because of concerns about its effectiveness. It makes no sense to reward an entity that has abjectly failed to fulfil its mandate across so many of its areas of operations," he said.
