Noel Grealish (Galway West, Independent)
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85. To ask the Minister for Finance the length of time a vehicle from Northern Ireland can be in this State without crossing back over the Border before the VRT process starts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33980/16]

Noel Grealish (Galway West, Independent)
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86. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is illegal for a resident here to drive a car on loan from a garage in Northern Ireland while repair work is being carried out on their own car which is taxed and registered in the South; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33981/16]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 85 and 86 together.

I am advised by Revenue that a State resident that brings a foreign registered car into the State is legally obliged to make an appointment to register the car within seven days and to have it registered within thirty days from the date the car is first brought into the State. This rule applies whether the person resident in the State has bought the car in question or has the loan of the car from a garage or from some other source.