Michael Comiskey (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We all welcomed the good news in the budget that road tax for trucks would be reduced to €900 from 1 January, but in recent days an issue has come to my notice with regard to hauliers who want to tax their trucks and whose tax expired on 31 October. A truck can be taxed for only three months, and one would imagine it could be taxed at the old rate for November and December with the new rate kicking in for January. Counties in the north west are not abiding by this rule and are charging the old rate for the three months. This is very unfair and must be clarified immediately. We are a few days into November and it is important that truckers are allowed to tax their vehicles and would not be running them without tax. It is unfair for the old rate to be charged for the month of January.