Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of issuing a motor tax disc on a quarterly, six monthly and annual basis which is paid for over the counter at a local authority office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19353/18]

Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of issuing a motor tax disc on a quarterly, six monthly and annual basis when it is paid for online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19354/18]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 221 and 222 together.

The Comptroller and Auditor General published a Special Report on the administration and collection of motor tax in December 2016. The data compiled for the Report indicates that the average cost of processing a motor tax transaction in a local authority office is €10. The average cost for an online transaction is €5.

As each quarterly or half-yearly renewal of motor tax follows the same administrative procedures as the annual renewal process, the same average costs apply to each transaction.