Vehicle Registration

Wednesday, 1 June 2016

Questions (86)

Pearse Doherty

Question:

86. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of abolishing the €100 administration fee deducted from repayable vehicle registration tax when importing a car. [13876/16]

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Written answers

I am advised by Revenue that, assuming a modest year-on-year growth in the value and number of vehicles taken out of the State under the Export Repayment Scheme, the full year cost of abolishing the fee would be in the region of €160,000. The fee assists with the costs of administering the Scheme.