Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 April 2017
764. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of UK registered heavy goods vehicles, and other UK registered non HGV commercial vehicles, entered and exited the Republic of Ireland through the State’s ports in 2015 and 2016. [18327/17]
View answerThe statistics collected in relation to road freight between Ireland and the UK are in practice presented in terms of freight tonnage and not in terms of vehicle count or vehicle movements. However, it may be useful to note that figures from the Central Statistics Office show that that in 2015 (the latest year for which the figures are available) over 2 million tonnes were carried by road freight from the U.K. into Ireland. In addition, over 80% of roll-on/roll-off commercial traffic at Irish ports is between the Republic of Ireland and the U.K., according to the Irish Maritime Development Office.
