Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 5 Mar 1991

Vol. 405 No. 9

Written Answers. - Car Tax and Registration.

Ivan Yates

Question:

152 Mr. Yates asked the Minister for the Environment the number of cars registered and taxed annually in each year for the last ten years; and the proportion of the population which either (a) owns a car, (b) has the use of a private motor car or (c) are totally dependent on public transport, based on the most up to date figures.

Minister for the Environment (Mr. Flynn):

The number of private cars under current licence (taxed) as at 30 September in each year over the ten year period 1981 to 1990 is set out in the following tabular statement:

Year	Number of Vehicles
1981	774,594
1982	709,000
1983	718,555
1984	711,098
1985	709,546
1986	711,087
1987	736,595
1988	749,459
1989	773,396
1990	796,408

Information on the number of cars available to households and on the means of transport used to travel to work is contained in the Census of Population 1986 — Summary Report (second series).