Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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277. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of private passenger road vehicles that were registered pre-1 July 2008 and post-1 July 2008; and the amount of road tax collected in 2015 and expected to be collected in 2016 from each category, in tabular form. [14694/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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At the end of May 2016, there were 1,101,273 vehicles under current taxation with a registration prior to July 2008. There were 927,211 vehicles taxed with a registration post-July 2008, including 10,304 commercial vehicles that are taxed privately on the basis of engine capacity (the CO₂rates of motor tax apply only to passenger cars). Gross receipts from private vehicles in 2015 and estimated receipts for 2016 are set out as follows:

Total gross motor tax receipts for 2015 were €1.124bn. Receipts in 2016 were €477,678,676 to the end of May, down 5.35% from the same period last year (€504,652,829). Gross motor tax receipts for 2016 are expected to be in the order of €1.075bn.