Seán Conlan (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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694. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of pre-2008 vehicles that paid road tax from 1 January 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34179/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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The number of pre-2008 private vehicles under current taxation for each month from January to August 2015 is set out below. It should be noted that, as vehicles can be taxed quarterly, half-yearly or annually, the numbers will include vehicles that have been taxed more than once during that period.

Seán Conlan (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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695. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of pre-2008 vehicles in Counties Monaghan and Cavan that paid road tax from 1 January 2015 to date; the revenue raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34180/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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The number of pre-2008 private vehicles under current taxation for each month from January to August 2015 for Cavan and Monaghan is set out below. It should be noted that, as vehicles can be taxed quarterly, half-yearly or annually, the numbers will include vehicles that have been taxed more than once during that period. Gross receipts for the period for pre-2008 vehicles were €6,989,199 in Cavan and €5,429,957 in Monaghan.

Seán Conlan (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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696. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of vehicles in Counties Monaghan and Cavan registered from 2008 onwards that paid road tax; the revenue raised as a result of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34181/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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The number of post-2008 private vehicles under current taxation for each month from January to August 2015 for Cavan and Monaghan is set out below. It should be noted that, as vehicles can be taxed quarterly, half-yearly or annually, the numbers will include vehicles that have been taxed more than once during that period. Gross receipts for the period for post-2008 vehicles were €2,639,661 in Cavan and €2,420,557 in Monaghan.

Seán Conlan (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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697. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of post-2008 vehicles that paid road tax from 1 January 2015 to date; the revenue raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34182/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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The number of post-2008 private vehicles under current taxation for each month from January to August 2015 is set out below. It should be noted that, as vehicles can be taxed quarterly, half-yearly or annually, the numbers will include vehicles that have been taxed more than once during that period. Gross receipts from post-2008 private vehicles for the period in question were €175,052,557.

Seán Conlan (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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698. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of pre-2008 vehicles currently on the road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34186/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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The number of private vehicles taxed on the basis of engine capacity (vehicles registered prior to 1 July 2008) at 31 August 2015 (the most current data available) was 1,207,222.

Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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699. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the impact the emissions scandal at the Volkswagen company may have on owners of such cars in this State, and their motor tax liability. [34328/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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Motor tax for private vehicles registered from 1 July 2008 is charged on the basis of carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions. The current issue at Volkswagen relates not to CO₂emissions, but to nitrogen oxide emissions (NOx), and there is no impact on the rates of motor tax charged on the basis of CO₂emissions.

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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700. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a person's legal liability for motor tax commences on the first day after the disc expires; in that regard, his views on the renewal notice which is sent to motorists which states the form can be used prior to the expiry of the current tax disc or during the subsequent month; his views that this is misleading as regards the legal position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34628/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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Renewal notices are sent out to registered owners of vehicles in the last month of a motor tax disc. This is to facilitate owners who wish to have a new disc in place for the commencement of the next period of tax. Owners can also tax during the first month of a motor tax disc without incurring a financial penalty. Whether an owner chooses to tax in advance of, or during, the first month of a disc does not change his or her liability for motor tax.