Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 251: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of revenue received by the Exchequer in each of the past five years associated with road tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26277/08]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Motor tax revenue, which includes driving licence duties and other related charges, is paid into the Local Government Fund, which is used primarily to finance the general purpose needs of local authorities and to contribute to expenditure on local and regional roads.

The revenue collected for the years 2003 to date in 2008 is set out in the table below.