Beverley Flynn (Mayo, Independent)
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Question 223: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the report of the working group on the review of vehicle tax rates; and his views on the special provisions for the hiring by local authorities of small haulage vehicles on minor road works. [31076/05]

Ivor Callely (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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I presume the question relates to the informal meetings, not a working group, of which I have today been made aware, on tractors and trailers between representatives from the Departments of Transport and Agriculture and Food, the Farm Tractor and Machinery Trade Association, FTMTA, the Professional Agricultural Contractors, PAC, and the IFA. The discussions are to review the general regulatory framework under which agricultural tractors and trailers operate and, in particular, the appropriateness of the current definition of an agricultural tractor for road traffic purposes having regard to the various definitions used solely for motor registration and motor tax purposes.

The question of the use of agricultural tractors and trailers for the hiring by local authorities of small haulage vehicles on minor road works does not form any part of the group's discussions and deliberations. As regards that latter question, however, I am currently reviewing the situation and will revert to the Deputy in due course.