Written answers
Tuesday, 11 April 2017
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Heavy Goods Vehicle Levy
John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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764. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of UK registered heavy goods vehicles, and other UK registered non HGV commercial vehicles, entered and exited the Republic of Ireland through the State’s ports in 2015 and 2016. [18327/17]
Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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The statistics collected in relation to road freight between Ireland and the UK are in practice presented in terms of freight tonnage and not in terms of vehicle count or vehicle movements. However, it may be useful to note that figures from the Central Statistics Office show that that in 2015 (the latest year for which the figures are available) over 2 million tonnes were carried by road freight from the U.K. into Ireland. In addition, over 80% of roll-on/roll-off commercial traffic at Irish ports is between the Republic of Ireland and the U.K., according to the Irish Maritime Development Office.
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