Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 201: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to address the cost anomaly in road tax for couples recently made redundant who have four or more children, and who are not in a position to upgrade their seven seater cars to more environmentally graded vehicles, with lower road tax requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39821/09]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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While my Department is currently reviewing the legislation which governs the imposition of motor tax, I have no plans to change the basic principle that private cars are taxed on the basis of certain physical criteria i.e. the engine size or the CO2 emissions of the vehicle.