Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 510: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the premium for taking out a quarterly payment system on motor taxation can be over €100; the way in which this premium can be justified in terms of additional costs; and if he has examined the costs of similar phased payment arrangements in private sector transactions of a similar kind. [23339/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The surcharge on non-annual discs is designed to cover the higher administrative costs involved. Current surcharge levels are lower than the maximum permitted under motor tax law, and were slightly reduced in 2001. My Department will continue to keep the level of surcharge under review in light of the expansion of e-motor tax arrangements. A surcharge at the level referred to in the Question would relate to cars over 2.3 litres, which constitute 3% of the national car fleet of 1.6 million.