Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)
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Question 377: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to revise the system of calculation of carbon emissions from flexifuel vehicles in view of the fact that although bioethanol cars burn less efficiently, the carbon produced is by and large the carbon absorbed by the plant as it grew, that is, a nil net effect, and this contrasts with petrol and diesel, where the carbon burnt has been absorbed into the oil over millennia or indeed electric cars which at present tend to be fuelled by oil or coal or peat burning ESB stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41284/09]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The system used for calculating the carbon emissions from vehicles is set out in section 130 of the Finance Act 1992 (as amended) and is used for the purposes of both vehicle registration tax (VRT) and motor tax. I will continue to keep the basis of assessment for charging motor tax under review.