Written answers

Thursday, 12 February 2015

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

Motor Tax Exemptions

Photo of Michael McGrathMichael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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252. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of off-the-road declarations for private motor vehicles in 2014; how this compares with figures for 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6540/15]

Photo of Alan KellyAlan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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The Non-Use of Motor Vehicles Act 2013 came into effect on 1 July 2013, replacing the retrospective system of declaring vehicles off the road with one where a vehicle must be declared off the road in advance. Figures for the number of retrospective declarations made in the six months to the end of June 2013 are not readily available. Prospective d eclarations of non-use made between 1 July and 31December 2013 and in 2014 by owners of private vehicles are set out below.

Year No. of declarations
2013 (1 July to 31 December) 89,369
2014 94,818

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