Written answers

Tuesday, 23 January 2018

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

Motor Tax Collection

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine 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]

Photo of Shane RossShane 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.

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine 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]

Photo of Shane RossShane 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.

-201520162017
Private vehicles based on CO2242,041,218285,720,502333,478,128
Private vehicles based on engine capacity679,579,488602,363,979519,772,128
Goods vehicles173,201,798137,883,451141,748,685
Large Public Service Vehicles/Youth & Community Buses2,744,9062,922,3893,050,846
Off-road dumpers25,69627,36225,931
General haulage tractors2,435,734*291,897270,462
Machine/workshop/contrivance vehicles1,990,7171,959,2441,931,220
Island vehicles105,43393,63184,204
Agricultural tractors, trench diggers and excavators9,531,1609,353,5819,406,931
Motor caravans1,132,8461,163,2941,237,243
Hearses101,681102,942105,426
Dumpers and forklift trucks302,070304,025318,596
Taxis and hackneys2,138,9502,108,2252,083,914
School buses75,32173,34266,222
Cycles and tricycles3,316,3423,416,8563,610,610
Vintage and veteran vehicles2,608,1692,650,6132,776,513
Miscellaneous receipts3,020,2761,197,1111,475,865
Total 1,124,351,8051,051,632,4441,021,442,924
*high figure due to temporary re-classification of certain goods vehicles to the general haulage tractor category following Court of Appeal judgment of 21 October 2015 in Director of Public Prosecutions and Perennial Freight.

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