I find myself hoping to be able to confirm the same information at present with www.skoda.ie , If they doe confirm this I will come back and port the answer here.
One Skoda main dealer confirmed in an email, but in an email that did not include any Skoda logos nor did the reply include mention of the specific car my question was about , their replay was as follows.
"I consulted with our Service Department and we replace the Timing Belt here at 190k kms or 10 years whichever comes first."
The above style of writing could infer, an independent garage operating inside a Skoda main dealership, as at no times does it state that this is Skoda recommended timing interval, but their web site does state that many of their technical shop staff have been trained by Skoda in Dublin.
But I also have another question, I have a deposit on a Skoda Car for sale from this Skoda dealership & garage and it comes with a 12 month manufacturers defect warrantee,
and I need some form of explanation as to what this could mean ? To date I have only ever received a "parts and lobor warrantee" on a car for 6 months. So I have no idea what a warantee for 12 months against manufacturer defect might mean ?
I hope I am paranoid