Written answers

Thursday, 31 March 2022

Department of Finance

Vehicle Registration Tax

Photo of Marian HarkinMarian Harkin (Sligo-Leitrim, Independent)
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225. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide statistics relating to VRT compromise penalty refunds (details supplied) for the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form. [17257/22]

Photo of Marian HarkinMarian Harkin (Sligo-Leitrim, Independent)
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227. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide VRT enforcement statistics for January and February 2022 (details supplied) in tabular form. [17259/22]

Photo of Paschal DonohoePaschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 225 and 227 together.

I am advised by Revenue that the number of vehicles seized for Vehicle Registration Tax (VRT) related offences and the number of cases where a compromise penalty was paid for each of the years 2015 to 2021 is set out in Table 1 below. A breakdown of compromise penalties refunded by number and by value is not available as information is not recorded on Revenue systems in this manner.

Table 2 below sets out the information requested by the Deputy in respect of VRT related compliance activity in January and February 2022

Table 1

YEAR SEIZURES NO. OF COMPROMISE PENALTIES PAID Value
2015 1,133 1,097 €698,721
2016 1,384 1,282 €1,023,263
2017 1,304 1,225 €825,706
2018 1,223 1,160 €820,755
2019 1,265 1,200 €826,453
2020 410 392 €290,398
2021 443 428 €335,693

Table 2

2022 WARNINGS DETENTIONS SEIZURES COMPROMISE PENALTIES PAID VALUE
January 9 0 75 68 €55,703
February 13 0 88 87 €61,783

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