Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 January 2023
150. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the total number of diesel, petrol and electric vehicles registered by the end of 2022; the number of new EVs registered in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63239/22]
View answerThe information available to the Department of Transport is the number of vehicles licensed (with a current motor tax). As agreed with the Deputy, this information as at 31 December 2022 is provided in the table below. The Deputy may also be interested to note that the Central Statistics Office publish information on vehicle registrations and vehicles licensed for the first time. Their recently released statistics indicate that 15,462 new electric vehicles were registered in 2022, an increase of 81% on the 2021 figure.
|
Taxation Class |
DIESEL |
PETROL |
PETROL/ELECTRIC |
ELECTRIC |
PETROL/PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC |
ETHANOL/PETROL |
DIESEL/ELECTRIC |
DIESEL/PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC |
PETROL & GAS |
GAS |
OTHER |
TOTAL |
|
PRIVATE |
1,272,840 |
799,740 |
101,930 |
36,002 |
31,810 |
6,873 |
4,370 |
1,346 |
908 |
139 |
13 |
2,255,971 |
|
GOODS |
385,364 |
799 |
106 |
2,135 |
294 |
|
279 |
85 |
22 |
86 |
14 |
389,184 |
|
AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR/EXCAVATOR |
78,542 |
239 |
|
4 |
|
|
|
|
3 |
1 |
8 |
78,797 |
|
MOTORCYCLES |
107 |
46,907 |
16 |
179 |
22 |
2 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
47,235 |
|
MOBILE MACHINE |
4,905 |
5 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
4,915 |
|
HEARSES |
588 |
376 |
13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
977 |
|
DUMPER/FORKLIFT TRUCK |
3,076 |
5 |
|
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
|
3,099 |
|
GENERAL HAULAGE TRACTOR |
507 |
181 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
689 |
|
LARGE PSV |
11,387 |
6 |
|
13 |
|
|
180 |
100 |
|
|
2 |
11,688 |
|
EXEMPT |
22,881 |
5,843 |
2,454 |
372 |
558 |
16 |
286 |
40 |
15 |
|
|
32,465 |
|
MOTOR CARAVAN |
17,347 |
215 |
4 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
17,573 |
|
ISLAND VEHICLES |
560 |
78 |
1 |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
644 |
|
VINTAGE/VETERAN |
28,046 |
27,938 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
20 |
13 |
|
33 |
6 |
52 |
56,114 |
|
SMALL PSV |
13,516 |
656 |
3,211 |
553 |
32 |
|
36 |
2 |
|
|
|
18,006 |
|
YOUTH COMMUNITY BUS |
758 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
762 |
|
SCHOOL BUS |
853 |
21 |
11 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
886 |
|
TOTAL |
1,841,277 |
883,010 |
107,751 |
39,280 |
32,718 |
6,911 |
5,166 |
1,574 |
989 |
240 |
89 |
2,919,005 |
