Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 February 2009
81 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Transport the number of Irish and foreign registered car write-offs on roads here which have been identified to date; the action he will take to reform the national vehicle driver file to address the dangerous problem of car write-offs; if he will introduce a compulsory reporting system for car write-offs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5830/09]
View answerAs I indicated in replies to previous similar questions voluntary arrangements with insurers have been put in place whereby my Department receives regular notifications of write off instances. Since this commenced in June 2008 some 21,427 vehicle write offs have been notified and the relevant records on the NVDF, which contains data on some 2.5 million vehicles, have been updated with this information. Once recorded on the NVDF further activity in respect of these vehicles, including renewal of motor tax, is not permissible. These voluntary arrangements are operating satisfactorily and I have no immediate plans to make them statutorily compulsory.
Provision of write-off data in relation to foreign registered vehicles at the time of registration is a matter for the Revenue Commissioners.
