Robert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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562. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will put in place a system whereby persons with off-road vehicles are reminded on an annual basis to confirm whether those vehicles remain off the road in order to avoid incurring fines. [44923/14]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The Non-Use of Motor Vehicles Act 2013, introduced new arrangements for declaring the non-use of a vehicle for motor tax purposes. The system requires a non-use declaration (off road declaration) for a vehicle to be made in advance of its motor tax expiry date and thereby avoid payment of motor tax. To facilitate this, my Department, through the National Vehicle and Driver File (NVDF) system, issues motor tax renewal/reminder notices in advance to those vehicle owners whose non-use declaration is due to expire. The notice contains a Personal Identification Number (PIN) which enables the motor tax payment or non-use declaration, as appropriate, be made online at .

The renewal/reminder notice is also accompanied by Form RF150 (declaration of non-use form) and this enables the vehicle owner to submit the non-use declaration at the local motor tax office, thereby assisting motorists who do not wish to use the online facility.  An information leaflet setting out the requirements for renewal of a non-use declaration is also included with the renewal notice.