Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider amending vehicle registration forms to include PPS numbers. [16271/11]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the PPS number is required at the time of registration when private individuals are registering the vehicle at an NCTS Centre. In the case of a vehicle being registered by a car dealer, the PPS number or the VAT number of the dealer is required. In cases where new vehicles registered by Authorised Traders via the Revenue on-line System, a PPS number is not requested as the Revenue Commissioners do not ask members of the public to give their PPS numbers to a garage. However in all instances where relief is sought from Vehicle Registration Tax the PPS number is required. It should be noted that there is no Vehicle Registration Tax form as the registration process is an electronic process.