Written answers
Tuesday, 23 January 2018
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Motor Tax Collection
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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500. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of motor tax paid online; the amount paid in person at a local authority office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2765/18]
Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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Total gross motor tax receipts for 2017 were €1,021,442,924. Of this €739,880,110 was collected via motor tax online. Total gross receipts for motor tax offices for 2017 were €281,562,814.
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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501. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of motor tax collected in each of the years 2015 to 2017; the amount collected by year and vehicle category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2766/18]
Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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Details of motor tax receipts by vehicle category are set out in the following table for the years 2015 to 2017. The table also includes miscellaneous receipts. The vehicle category receipts include arrears of motor tax paid.
- | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
---|---|---|---|
€ | € | € | |
Private vehicles based on CO2 | 242,041,218 | 285,720,502 | 333,478,128 |
Private vehicles based on engine capacity | 679,579,488 | 602,363,979 | 519,772,128 |
Goods vehicles | 173,201,798 | 137,883,451 | 141,748,685 |
Large Public Service Vehicles/Youth & Community Buses | 2,744,906 | 2,922,389 | 3,050,846 |
Off-road dumpers | 25,696 | 27,362 | 25,931 |
General haulage tractors | 2,435,734* | 291,897 | 270,462 |
Machine/workshop/contrivance vehicles | 1,990,717 | 1,959,244 | 1,931,220 |
Island vehicles | 105,433 | 93,631 | 84,204 |
Agricultural tractors, trench diggers and excavators | 9,531,160 | 9,353,581 | 9,406,931 |
Motor caravans | 1,132,846 | 1,163,294 | 1,237,243 |
Hearses | 101,681 | 102,942 | 105,426 |
Dumpers and forklift trucks | 302,070 | 304,025 | 318,596 |
Taxis and hackneys | 2,138,950 | 2,108,225 | 2,083,914 |
School buses | 75,321 | 73,342 | 66,222 |
Cycles and tricycles | 3,316,342 | 3,416,856 | 3,610,610 |
Vintage and veteran vehicles | 2,608,169 | 2,650,613 | 2,776,513 |
Miscellaneous receipts | 3,020,276 | 1,197,111 | 1,475,865 |
Total | 1,124,351,805 | 1,051,632,444 | 1,021,442,924 |
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