Vehicle Registration Tax

Thursday, 31 March 2022

Questions (225, 227)

Marian Harkin

Question:

225. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide statistics relating to VRT compromise penalty refunds (details supplied) for the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form. [17257/22]

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Marian Harkin

Question:

227. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide VRT enforcement statistics for January and February 2022 (details supplied) in tabular form. [17259/22]

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Written answers

Minister for Finance

I propose to take Questions Nos. 225 and 227 together.

I am advised by Revenue that the number of vehicles seized for Vehicle Registration Tax (VRT) related offences and the number of cases where a compromise penalty was paid for each of the years 2015 to 2021 is set out in Table 1 below. A breakdown of compromise penalties refunded by number and by value is not available as information is not recorded on Revenue systems in this manner.

Table 2 below sets out the information requested by the Deputy in respect of VRT related compliance activity in January and February 2022

Table 1

YEAR	SEIZURES	NO. OF COMPROMISE PENALTIES PAID	Value
2015	1,133	1,097	€698,721
2016	1,384	1,282	€1,023,263
2017	1,304	1,225	€825,706
2018	1,223	1,160	€820,755
2019	1,265	1,200	€826,453
2020	410	392	€290,398
2021	443	428	€335,693

Table 2

2022	WARNINGS	DETENTIONS	SEIZURES	COMPROMISE PENALTIES PAID	VALUE
January	9	0	75	68	€55,703
February	13	0	88	87	€61,783