Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 July 2014
495. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of off the road declarations for private motor vehicles in the first six months of 2014; the way this compares with figures under the previous system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32498/14]
View answerThe total number of declarations of non-use of a motor vehicle in the first six months of 2014 was 47,050. Of these, 32,137 were made by owners of private vehicles.
The Non-Use of Motor Vehicles Act 2013 came into effect on 1 July 2013, replacing the retrospective system of declaring vehicles off the road with one where a vehicle must be declared off the road in advance. Comparable figures for the numbers of retrospective declarations made for the same period in 2013 are not readily available. However, an analysis of retrospectively-made Garda-witnessed vehicle licence exemptions in the 12 month period up to the end of the previous July (July 2012) showed that the total number of retrospective declarations made during that time was over 429,000; there is no breakdown for the number relating to private vehicles. On a half year basis, that would equate to some 215,000 retrospective declarations.
