Noel Grealish (Galway West, Independent)
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351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if, in view of recent emissions scandals, the owners of pre-2008 vehicles will continue to pay much higher rates of motor tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27114/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Motor tax for private vehicles registered from 1 July 2008 is charged on the basis of carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions. I understand that the emissions issue relates in the main to nitrogen oxide emissions (NOx) rather than CO₂emissions and, therefore, is not relevant to the rates of motor tax charged on the basis of CO₂emissions. More generally, any change to the rates of motor tax for any category of vehicle is a matter for consideration in a budgetary context.