Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 268: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of letters that have been sent out to owners of re-sold cars that were written off; the number that will be sent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19419/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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Data relating to some 5,400 written off vehicles which was provided voluntarily to my Department by one major insurer has been analysed against the 2.5 million active vehicles on the NVDF and as result of this process the owners of 261 vehicles have been written to, advising them that the roadworthiness status of their vehicle should be checked. Of the 261 vehicles concerned the NVDF records indicate that registered ownership changed in the case of 187 vehicles since the write-off date. Other insurers have also agreed to provide the data voluntarily and officials in my Department are currently in discussion with the Irish Insurance Federation on their behalf in relation to the arrangements for the transfer of this data.