Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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Question 550: To ask the Minister for Transport the insurance liabilities for foreign cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1910/09]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The insurance liabilities for foreign cars are the same as for cars registered and being used in Ireland. Any policy of motor insurance acquired in any Member State of the European Union is valid for the whole of its term throughout the EU. Vehicles from outside the European Union must either have a Green Card, whereby the Motor Insurers' Bureau system will guarantee any liability which may arise, or, must possess Frontier Insurance if the vehicle originates in a country which is not part of the international Motor Insurance Bureau system. Enforcement is a matter for An Garda Síochána.