Written answers
Tuesday, 18 April 2023
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
National Car Test
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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324. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he and or his officials have undertaken an analysis of the number of cars sold in the second-hand car market in 2022 and 2023; the number of change of ownership transactions that have taken place in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 in the context of the owners log being updated; and if his attention or that of his officials has been drawn to instances in which vehicle owners cannot sell their vehicle due to it not having an up to date NCT [17763/23]
Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The numbers of change of ownership notifications received by the Department, for the years requested, are is provided in the table below. Also shown are the number of these notifications that relate to second car sales only. It should be noted that the figures do not pertain to unique vehicles as some vehicles, particularly those that are traded with motor dealers, can have more than one ownership change per annum.
Year | All Change of Ownerships | Of Which: Second Hand Car Sales |
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2020 | 1,135,653 | 904,378 |
2021 | 1,181,637 | 930,966 |
2022 | 1,037,374 | 812,311 |
2023 (to 31 March) | 297,176 | 238,908 |
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