Written answers
Wednesday, 8 February 2006
Department of An Taoiseach
Vehicle Sales
10:00 pm
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 169: To ask the Taoiseach the number of new cars and other vehicles sold nationally in Dublin, Meath, Wicklow and Kildare in each year since 1998; and the number of cars and other vehicles registered to owners nationally in Dublin, Meath, Kildare and Wicklow in 1998, 2002 and 2005. [4676/06]
Tom Kitt (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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Data on the number of new cars and other vehicles sold are not available from the CSO. However the CSO does publish data on the number of vehicles licensed in its annual release entitled "Vehicles Licensed for the first time". The details of new private cars and new other vehicles classes, including the classes goods vehicles, motor cycles, tractors, public service vehicles and others, licensed in Dublin, Kildare, Meath, and Wicklow in each year from 1998 to date are set out in the table.
| Number of new vehicles licensed for the first time, 1998 to 2005 | |||||
| Vehicle Type | National Total | Dublin | Kildare | Meath | Wicklow |
| New Vehicles — 1998 | |||||
| Private Cars | 138,538 | 50,633 | 5,487 | 4,368 | 3,755 |
| Other Classes | 33,986 | 11,046 | 1,392 | 1,234 | 884 |
| Total | 172,524 | 61,679 | 6,879 | 5,602 | 4,639 |
| New Vehicles — 1999 | |||||
| Private Cars | 170,322 | 60,248 | 7,267 | 5,525 | 4,794 |
| Other Classes | 43,278 | 14,137 | 1,791 | 1,655 | 1,184 |
| Total | 213,600 | 74,385 | 9,058 | 7,180 | 5,978 |
| New Vehicles — 2000 | |||||
| Private Cars | 225,269 | 77,813 | 9,876 | 7,406 | 6,415 |
| Other Classes | 49,721 | 15,939 | 2,259 | 1,839 | 1,464 |
| Total | 274,990 | 93,752 | 12,135 | 9,245 | 7,879 |
| New Vehicles — 2001 | |||||
| Private Cars | 160,908 | 61,160 | 7,106 | 5,521 | 4,434 |
| Other Classes | 46,533 | 15,147 | 2,251 | 1,902 | 1,432 |
| Total | 207,441 | 76,307 | 9,357 | 7,423 | 5,866 |
| New Vehicles — 2002 | |||||
| Private Cars | 150,485 | 55,274 | 6,519 | 5,159 | 3,780 |
| Other Classes | 43,258 | 12,505 | 2,135 | 1,792 | 1,295 |
| Total | 193,743 | 67,779 | 8,654 | 6,951 | 5,075 |
| New Vehicles — 2003 | |||||
| Private Cars | 142,992 | 51,486 | 6,273 | 5,227 | 3,771 |
| Other Classes | 45,117 | 12,929 | 2,158 | 1,999 | 1,286 |
| Total | 188,109 | 64,415 | 8,431 | 7,226 | 5,057 |
| New Vehicles — 2004 | |||||
| Private Cars | 149,635 | 51,441 | 6,839 | 5,694 | 3,894 |
| Other Classes | 45,872 | 12,846 | 2,203 | 2,058 | 1,267 |
| Total | 195,507 | 64,287 | 9,042 | 7,752 | 5,161 |
| New Vehicles — 2005 | |||||
| Private Cars | 166,270 | 56,526 | 7,451 | 6,419 | 4,397 |
| Other Classes | 53,014 | 13,966 | 2,553 | 2,514 | 1,415 |
| Total | 219,284 | 70,492 | 10,004 | 8,933 | 5,812 |
The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government provides a breakdown of all mechanically propelled vehicles under current licence in its annual publication, Irish Bulletin of Vehicle and Driver Statistics. The data of vehicles under current licence for the years 1998 and 2002 for the requested counties are set out in Table 2. Data for 2005 are not yet available from the Department.
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