Seán Haughey (Dublin Bay North, Fianna Fail)
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425. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the revenue he raises from motor taxation; how much of this revenue goes to Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9833/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Total motor tax receipts from 2014 to the end of April 2016 are set out in the following table.

Income from Motor Tax currently accrues to the Local Government Fund. When established, one of the purposes for which the Fund was used was to provide General Purpose Grant funding to local authorities, an element of which would have been used by local authorities to fund water – related operating expenditure. Following the transfer of responsibility for water services from local authorities to Irish Water, the Fund has continued to be used as a vehicle for providing operational subvention towards the costs of water services. In that regard, Irish Water received a subvention of some €439.1 million in 20 14 for operational expenditure, with €399m being provided in 2015, and €119.75m to the end of April 2016. This funding from the Local Government Fund is in respect of the child allowance (21,000 litres per child per annum), a product subsidy and the cost of capping domestic water charges.