Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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195. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of vehicles that paid motor tax in 2016; and the number that paid online and through local authorities respectively. [15440/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department compiles statistics on the number of tax discs issued rather than the number of vehicles that are taxed, either online or through local authorities. As motor tax can be paid annually, half-yearly or quarterly, many motorists will tax more than once during the year and may tax exclusively online, in a motor tax office or may avail of both options over the course of a given year.

There were just over 2.6m vehicles under current taxation at 31 December 2016. In total, 5,002,795 motor tax discs were issued in 2016. Of these 3,495,742 (70%) were applied for online and 1,507,053 (30%) in motor tax offices.

Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of vehicles that paid motor tax in 2016 in each of the motor tax categories, annually, six monthly and quarterly, in tabular form. [15441/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department compiles statistics on the number of motor tax discs issued rather than the number of vehicles taxed. As motor tax can be paid annually, half-yearly or quarterly, many motorists will tax their vehicles more than once during a given year. The numbers of motor tax discs issued in 2016 are set out in the following table. It should be noted that they do not include some 15,000 duplicate discs that were issued over the course of the year.

Number of Tax Discs issued in 2016 by Motor Tax Category