Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 13 November 2025

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2024
Vote 31 - Transport
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 9 - Appraisal of Rail Project Investments
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2024
Chapter 21 - Collection of Motor Vehicle Taxes
Financial Statements: Motor Tax Account 2024

2:00 am

Dr. Keith Walsh:

No. From the Department of Transport's perspective, we collect the revenues. We collect them on behalf of the motor tax offices also and we hand them over to the Exchequer. There is no link then back to roads funding or any other particular forum. Back in 2018, a change was made. Prior to that, motor tax revenues used to go to the Local Government Fund and they would have gone to a different purpose, but now everything goes to the central Exchequer.