Vehicle Registration Data

Tuesday, 3 July 2018

Questions (241)

Thomas P. Broughan

Question:

241. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles seized for having no tax in the An Garda Síochána R district in 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29123/18]

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Written answers

Minister for Justice and Equality

I have requested a report from An Garda Síochána in relation to the statistics sought by the Deputy and I will be in contact with the Deputy directly on receipt of this report.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 42A

I refer to Parliamentary Question 241 of 3 July 2018 in which the Deputy asked for the number of vehicles seized for having no tax in R-District. I apologise for the considerable delay in responding, and regret that a second Parliamentary Question was required (539 of 26 March 2019). However, the Garda report, requested in July, is now to hand.

I am informed by An Garda Síochána, that while statistics on vehicle seizures under section 41(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1994 (as amended) are available on PULSE, they are not compiled in such a way that easily allows for the disaggregation into specific offences (i.e. no tax, no NCT, no licence etc.). The following table provides a breakdown of the number of vehicles seized in R-District since 2017. Please note, these figures are provisional and subject to change.

Division	District	2017	2018	2019 (28-Feb)	Total
DMR North	Balbriggan	450	381	63	894
Ballymun	1,018	863	91	1,972
Coolock	1,175	920	123	2,218
Raheny	421	312	54	787
	Total	3,064	2,476	331	5,871

I hope this information has been of assistance.