Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party)
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200. 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 2023; if he will provide a breakdown of the number of SUVs registered per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14685/23]

Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The level of detail requested by the Deputy is not available to the Department of Transport. The Revenue Commissioners are responsible for the initial registration of all vehicles in Ireland (both new and imported) and they are not able to identify SUVs from the information submitted by taxpayers when they register for Vehicle Registration Tax (VRT). The Department of Transport data rely on the registration details provided by Revenue to create the core vehicles details for initial first licensing (motor taxation) of the vehicle.