Vehicle Registration

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 October 2017

Tuesday, 3 October 2017

Questions (110)

Maria Bailey

Question:

110. Deputy Maria Bailey asked the Minister for Finance the reason the Revenue Commissioners are refusing to register used and already registered vehicles as N1 vehicles with two or more rows of seats, having been previously converted from an M1 category vehicle in circumstances, in which the applicant has submitted all necessary documentation relating to the conversion as listed on the Revenue Commissioner's website, and which has been signed by a test centre authorised by the National Standards Authority of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41507/17]

Written answers

Minister for Finance

I am informed by Revenue that all vehicles that are type approved by the relevant competent body as M1 or N1 vehicles are registered by Revenue as M1 or N1 vehicles.

Following the introduction of a laser measurement system in 2016, the National Standards Authority of Ireland, NSAI, provided Revenue with a list of new vehicles that they had measured and that did not qualify as N1 vehicles. The NSAI will not certify these vehicles as N1 when presented as new and, therefore, Revenue, when presented with the same vehicle models as used, will not register them as N1 vehicles.