Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of sports utility vehicles registered in total in Ireland; the number of SUVs registered annually over the past ten years; the number registered to date for 2022; the breakdown of the number of SUVs registered per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24322/22]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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Vehicles details such as make, model and body type are collected at the initial registration of a vehicle by the Revenue Commissioners and are provided electronically to the Department of Transport's National Vehicle and Driver File (NVDF) to facilitate first licensing of motor tax for the vehicle.

An SUV is not a specific category under the classifications in use. Such vehicles will be assigned various body types such as MPV, Jeep or Van and are recorded under these body types on the NVDF. Therefore, the number of SUVs is not separately identifiable on the NVDF.