Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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1064. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of registered hauliers in the State in 2013; if he will list the relevant numbers for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; the number of haulier companies that have entered liquidation in the same periods; the numbers of new haulier companies that have registered in those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26855/13]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The Department's records show that 3903 licences have been issued to road hauliers operators in the State for 2013.  For the preceding five years, the figures are as follows: 4,014 in 2012; 4,428 in 2011; 4,788 in 2010; 5,298 in 2009; and 5,474 in 2008.  In the licence application process, no distinction is made between those applicants applying for a licence for the first time and those who are renewing their licence, and details of the number of companies that applied for first time in each year are not available.  The Department is not in a position to provide details of the total annual number of liquidations in the road haulage sector.