Written answers
Tuesday, 24 February 2015
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Motor Tax Yield
Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein)
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618. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the portion of the proceeds received from motor tax in 2015 that will go towards repairing roads and footpaths. [7729/15]
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The income and expendi ture from the Local Government F und for the years 2008-2015 is set out in the tables below. The figures for the years 2008 – 2013 are from the Local Government Fund audited annual accounts which are available on my Department’s website at the following link: .
The figures for 2014 and 2015 are from the Revised Estimates Volume for 2015, which is available on the website of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform .
Income
| €m | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | *2014 | *2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motor Tax (net) | 1,055.3 | 1,056. 3 | 1,021.4 | 1,011.6 | 1,052.9 | 1,135.5 | 1,150.0 | 1,167.0 |
| Exchequer Contribution | 548.7 | 443.0 | 241.4 | 175.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 233.1 |
| Household Charge | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 113.9 | 23. 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Local Property Tax | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 476.0 | 440.0 |
| Interest | 6.7 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0. 2 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Other | 0.4 | |||||||
| Total | 1,610.7 | 1 ,50 0 . 7 | 1 ,2 63 . 8 | 1,189.4 | 1 ,1 67.4 | 1 ,1 59.0 | 1,626.3 | 1,840.1 |
*Figures from REV for 2014 and 2015
Expenditure
| €m | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | *2014 | *2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Purpose Grants | 999.2 | 832.7 | 762.8 | 699.8 | 637.1 | 640.9 | 282.0 | 0.0 |
| Local Property Tax Allocation | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 458.9 |
| Road and Public Transport Payments | 550.4 | 548.2 | 411.4 | 397.6 | 404.5 | 408.0 | 359.9 | 363.9 |
| Payment to Exchequer | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 46.5 | 100.0 | 520.0 | 484.0 |
| Irish Water Subvention | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 439.1 | 399.0 |
| LA Rates payments | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 59.0 |
| Other Miscellaneous | 74.1 | 80.1 | 69.0 | 51.0 | 60.0 | 58.4 | 93.9 | 75.0 |
| Total | 1,623.7 | 1,460.9 | 1,243.2 | 1,148.3 | 1,148.1 | 1,207.3 | 1,694.9 | 1,839.8 |
*Figures from REV for 2014 and 2015
John Maguire
Posted on 26 Feb 2015 11:51 am (Report this comment)
So less than 50% of Motor tax goes towards roads. Plus no mention of all the Excise Duty, VAT and VRT. That must be at least a Billion euro. Aldo you can add the tolls and the VAT charged on those.