Vehicle Sales.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 8 February 2006

Wednesday, 8 February 2006

Questions (80)

Richard Bruton

Question:

169 Mr. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the number of new cars and other vehicles sold nationally in Dublin, Meath, Wicklow and Kildare in each year since 1998; and the number of cars and other vehicles registered to owners nationally in Dublin, Meath, Kildare and Wicklow in 1998, 2002 and 2005. [4676/06]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (Mr. Kitt)

Data on the number of new cars and other vehicles sold are not available from the CSO. However the CSO does publish data on the number of vehicles licensed in its annual release entitled "Vehicles Licensed for the first time". The details of new private cars and new other vehicles classes, including the classes goods vehicles, motor cycles, tractors, public service vehicles and others, licensed in Dublin, Kildare, Meath, and Wicklow in each year from 1998 to date are set out in the table.

Number of new vehicles licensed for the first time, 1998 to 2005

Vehicle Type	National Total	Dublin	Kildare	Meath	Wicklow
New Vehicles — 1998
Private Cars	138,538	50,633	5,487	4,368	3,755
Other Classes	33,986	11,046	1,392	1,234	884
Total	172,524	61,679	6,879	5,602	4,639
New Vehicles — 1999
Private Cars	170,322	60,248	7,267	5,525	4,794
Other Classes	43,278	14,137	1,791	1,655	1,184
Total	213,600	74,385	9,058	7,180	5,978
New Vehicles — 2000
Private Cars	225,269	77,813	9,876	7,406	6,415
Other Classes	49,721	15,939	2,259	1,839	1,464
Total	274,990	93,752	12,135	9,245	7,879
New Vehicles — 2001
Private Cars	160,908	61,160	7,106	5,521	4,434
Other Classes	46,533	15,147	2,251	1,902	1,432
Total	207,441	76,307	9,357	7,423	5,866
New Vehicles — 2002
Private Cars	150,485	55,274	6,519	5,159	3,780
Other Classes	43,258	12,505	2,135	1,792	1,295
Total	193,743	67,779	8,654	6,951	5,075
New Vehicles — 2003
Private Cars	142,992	51,486	6,273	5,227	3,771
Other Classes	45,117	12,929	2,158	1,999	1,286
Total	188,109	64,415	8,431	7,226	5,057
New Vehicles — 2004
Private Cars	149,635	51,441	6,839	5,694	3,894
Other Classes	45,872	12,846	2,203	2,058	1,267
Total	195,507	64,287	9,042	7,752	5,161
New Vehicles — 2005
Private Cars	166,270	56,526	7,451	6,419	4,397
Other Classes	53,014	13,966	2,553	2,514	1,415
Total	219,284	70,492	10,004	8,933	5,812

The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government provides a breakdown of all mechanically propelled vehicles under current licence in its annual publication, Irish Bulletin of Vehicle and Driver Statistics. The data of vehicles under current licence for the years 1998 and 2002 for the requested counties are set out in Table 2. Data for 2005 are not yet available from the Department.

Table 2: Number of Vehicles under current licence for 1998 to 2002

Vehicle Type	National Total	Dublin	Kildare	Meath	Wicklow
Vehicles under current licence 1998
Private Cars	1,196,901	343,775	47,924	40,221	35,670
Other Classes	313,952	62,577	10,584	10,357	8,345
Total	1,510,853	406,352	58,508	50,578	44,015
Vehicles under current licence 2002
Private Cars	1,447,908	400,501	62,405	51,746	43,832
Other Classes	402,138	84,487	15,686	14,611	11,241
Total	1,850,046	484,988	78,091	66,357	55,073