Tony McLoughlin (Sligo-North Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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376. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has calculated the expected rise in revenue in motor tax revenue following the recent legislation which closes the loop hole at the end of September this year whereby vehicle owners could avail of the non-use declaration when taxing their vehicles; the income receipts for July, August and September 2012 among local authorities nationwide compared to the same months in 2013. [39486/13]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The available estimates indicate that the abolition of the facility whereby vehicle owners can declare their vehicles off the road after the fact, which had become a loophole that facilitated the evasion of motor tax, could generate additional income of some €55m annually.

Income receipts for July, August and September 2012 and for the corresponding months in 2013 (partial data for September 2013) are set out below. It should be noted that during the three month transition period provided for in the Non-Use of Motor Vehicles Act 2013, ending on 30 September 2013, the facility to declare a vehicle off the road retrospectively remains in place and that additional income generated for those months in 2013 is largely attributable to the increase in motor tax rates introduced in Budget 2013.