asked the Taoiseach if he will state for each of the years 1958, 1959 and 1960 the number of mechanically propelled vehicles registered in the separate categories of (a) private cars, (b) public service vehicles owned and operated (1) by C.I.E., (2) by the G.N.R. and (3) privately, (c) lorries owned and operated (1) by C.I.E., (2) by the G.N.R. and (3) privately and (d) tractors and, also, the number of vehicles of all descriptions registered in the first quarter of the years 1958, 1959, 1960 and, so far as is known, 1961.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Mechanically Propelled Vehicles.
7.
Particulars of mechanically propelled vehicles under current licence are compiled in respect of the month of August in each year and I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate in the Official Report a statement showing the number of vehicles under current licence in each of the following categories (a) private cars, (b) public service vehicles (6 seats or under), (c) public service vehicles (over 6 seats), (d) commercial goods vehicles, (e) road locomotives, tractors, etc. (general haulage), (f) road locomotives, tractors, etc. (agricultural haulage) for each of the years 1958-1960. The table also includes the total number of mechanically propelled vehicles under current licence in each of these years.
Particulars of ownership are not compiled at the August enumeration but it is possible from the published reports of Córas Iompair Éireann to give the numbers of mechanically propelled road vehicles owned by that concern on the 31st March of each year, 1958-60. The corresponding data for the Great Northern Railway relate only to the 30th September, 1958. These particulars are also included in the statement referred to above.
No particulars are available in respect of all vehicles registered in the first quarter of each year.
Following is the statement:—
TABLE 1. —Number of Private Cars, Public Service Vehicles, Commercial Goods Vehicles, Road Locomotives and Motor Tractors under current licence in August 1958, 1959 and 1960.
|
Year |
Private Cars |
Public Service Vehicles |
Commercial Goods Vehicles |
Road Locomotives, Motor Tractors, etc. |
Total Mechanically Propelled Vehicles |
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|
6 seats or under |
Over 6 seats |
General Haulage |
Agricultural Haulage |
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|
1958 |
143,368 |
4,841 |
1,388 |
43,433 |
423 |
33,547 |
262,675 |
|
1959 |
154,054 |
4,367 |
1,426 |
43,634 |
506 |
35,295 |
278,469 |
|
1960 |
169,681 |
4,096 |
1,436 |
43,530 |
520 |
36,970 |
302,767 |
TABLE 2. —Mechanically propelled vehicles owned by C.I.E. in 1958-60 and by G.N.R. in 1958
|
Categories of Vehicles |
C.I.E. |
G.N.R. |
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|
1958 |
1959 |
1960 |
1958 |
|
|
Double-deck buses |
674 |
723 |
728 |
36 |
|
Single-deck buses |
415 |
537 |
524 |
122 |
|
Touring Coaches |
60 |
60 |
72 |
— |
|
Ambulances |
4 |
4 |
4 |
— |
|
Lorries |
193 |
260 |
236 |
68 |
|
Vans |
64 |
69 |
72 |
— |
|
Tractors |
4 |
5 |
5 |
— |
|
Horse Boxes |
— |
— |
— |
1 |
|
Staff Cars |
87 |
96 |
107 |
20 |
|
Service Vehicles |
36 |
44 |
54 |
12 |