Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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611. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of car tax collected from pre-2008 registered cars in 2015; the amount of tax collected regarding cars registered since that year; the number of cars included in the pre-2008 and post-2008 figures respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25454/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Gross motor tax receipts for 2015 for pre-2008 private vehicles were €673.3m and the receipts for post-2008 vehicles were €248.2m. There were 1,170,226 vehicles taxed on the basis of engine capacity (i.e. the basis of charging for pre-2008 cars) at 31 December 2015 and 814,904 taxed on the basis of CO₂emissions.