Written answers

Thursday, 16 July 2015

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

Motor Tax Collection

Photo of Michael McGrathMichael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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735. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of off-the-road declarations for private motor vehicles in 2014 and in 2015 to date; how this compares with figures under the previous system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29751/15]

Photo of Alan KellyAlan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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The total number of declarations of non-use of a private vehicle in 2014 was 94,242. The total number of such declarations between 1 January and 30 June 2015 was 38,156. 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. Comparable figures for the numbers of retrospective declarations made for private vehicles over a similar period under the old system are not readily available. An analysis of retrospectively-made Garda-witnessed vehicle licence exemptions in the 12 month period up to the end of July 2012 showed that the total number of retrospective declarations made during that time was over 429,000. Given that private vehicles make up 77% of the overall fleet, and assuming that declarations are made on a pro-rata basis across vehicle categories, the estimated equivalent figure for private vehicles under the old system would be 330,330 declarations in a 12 month period, and 165,165 in a 6 month period.

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