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Motor Tax Yield

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 February 2015

Tuesday, 24 February 2015

Questions (565)

Dessie Ellis

Question:

565. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the allocation of motor tax proceeds from 2008 to date in 2015; and the revenue received to date in 2015. [7729/15]

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Written answers

The income and expenditure from the Local Government Fund for the years 2008-2015 is set out in the tables below. The figures for the years 2008 – 2013 are from the Local Government Fund audited annual accounts which are available on my Department’s website at the following link: http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/LocalGovernment/Administration/

The figures for 2014 and 2015 are from the Revised Estimates Volume for 2015, which is available on the website of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

Income

€m

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

*2014

*2015

Motor Tax (net)

1,055.3

1,056. 3

1,021.4

1,011.6

1,052.9

1,135.5

1,150.0

1,167.0

Exchequer Contribution

548.7

443.0

241.4

175.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

233.1

Household Charge

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

113.9

23. 3

0.0

0.0

Local Property Tax

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

476.0

440.0

Interest

6.7

1.4

1.1

2.4

0.6

0. 2

0.3

0.0

Other

0.4

Total

1,610.7

1,50 0. 7

1,2 63. 8

1,189.4

1,1 67.4

1,1 59.0

1,626.3

1,840.1

*Figures from REV for 2014 and 2015

Expenditure

€m

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

*2014

*2015

General Purpose Grants

999.2

832.7

762.8

699.8

637.1

640.9

282.0

0.0

Local Property Tax Allocation

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

458.9

Road and Public Transport Payments

550.4

548.2

411.4

397.6

404.5

408.0

359.9

363.9

Payment to Exchequer

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

46.5

100.0

520.0

484.0

Irish Water Subvention

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

439.1

399.0

LA Rates payments

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

59.0

Other Miscellaneous

74.1

80.1

69.0

51.0

60.0

58.4

93.9

75.0

Total

1,623.7

1,460.9

1,243.2

1,148.3

1,148.1

1,207.3

1,694.9

1,839.8

*Figures from REV for 2014 and 2015

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