Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick East, Fine Gael)
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Question 86: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will apply the emissions based tax regime to road freight vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35274/07]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The current basis of assessment for goods vehicles is unladen weight. It is not possible at this stage to apply an emissions based motor tax system to goods vehicles given that data on CO2 emissions are not available or captured on the vehicle registration tax (VRT) or the national vehicle and driver file (NVDF) databases.