Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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Question 73: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of road tax collected per band in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42969/09]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The total gross amount of motor tax, which includes driving licence duties and other related charges, collected for the year 2007 is €956.73 million, for the year 2008 is €1056.99 million, and for the year 2009 to the end of October is €918.32 million.

The table sets out the gross receipts of motor tax in accordance with the tax class of the vehicle (excluding driver licence duties and non-motor tax related charges). It should be noted that a new system of motor tax based on CO2 emissions was introduced for new cars with effect from 1 July 2008 using 7 bands as the basis of levying the motor tax. The total gross amount of motor tax collected under that system is also set out in the table under the tax class 'private CO2' in respect of the year 2008 and the year 2009 to end October.