asked the Minister for the Environment the amount of revenue collected by each local authority for motor taxation in the last year for which figures are available.
Written Answers. - Motor Taxation.
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The amount of revenue collected by each licensing authority in 1985 for motor tax is set out in the following table. For comparative purposes, I am also setting out details of the total amount of State grants for road purposes made available to each of the authorities by my Department this year.
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
|
Licensing Authority |
Amount collected in 1985 for Motor tax |
Road Grant Allocation for 1986 |
|
£000 |
£000 |
|
|
County Councils |
||
|
Carlow |
1,520 |
2,126 |
|
Cavan |
1,948 |
2,145 |
|
Clare |
3,124 |
3,774 |
|
Cork |
14,588 |
23,182* |
|
Donegal |
3,926 |
6,740 |
|
Galway |
5,548 |
8,862* |
|
Kerry |
4,064 |
5,885 |
|
Kildare |
4,032 |
6,717 |
|
Kilkenny |
2,755 |
4,494 |
|
Laoighis |
1,916 |
2,180 |
|
Leitrim |
0,911 |
2,101 |
|
Limerick |
3,896 |
4,517 |
|
Longford |
1,061 |
1,756 |
|
Louth |
2,828 |
4,953 |
|
Mayo |
3,453 |
4,714 |
|
Meath |
3,617 |
3,944 |
|
Monaghan |
1,932 |
2,767 |
|
Offaly |
1,855 |
2,213 |
|
Roscommon |
1,921 |
3,133 |
|
Sligo |
1,879 |
3,133 |
|
Tipperary NR |
2,218 |
2,941 |
|
Tipperary SR |
2,755 |
3,711 |
|
Waterford |
1,715 |
3,326 |
|
Westmeath |
2,159 |
6,131 |
|
Wexford |
3,521 |
5,226 |
|
Wicklow |
3,007 |
5,493 |
|
County Borough Corporations |
||
|
Dublin |
31,886 |
31,469* |
|
Limerick |
1,521 |
3,156 |
|
Waterford |
1,190 |
4,666 |
|
Total |
116,746 |
165,455 |
Note: The figures in column (2) including amounts totalling £5.986 million in respect of the following:—
|
£ Million |
|
|
(a) Driving Licensing |
5.547 |
|
(b) Vehicle Testing |
0.24 |
|
(c) Trailer Licensing |
0.054 |
|
(d) Public Service Vehicle Licensing |
0.125 |
|
(e) Other Miscellaneous items |
0.02 |
Grant allocations (column (3)) include allocations to urban councils within counties.
* Grant allocations for Cork, Dublin and Galway include both city and county in each case to correspond with licensing authority area.