Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 4 December 2025
249. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will provide a breakdown of all vehicle-registration enforcement actions in each of the past five years by vehicle category, including Irish-registered, EU-registered, non-EU-registered, and Ukrainian-registered vehicles, in order to establish the scale of compliance activity by exemption type. [68946/25]
View answerThe Finance Act 1992, as amended, sets out the rules governing vehicle registration and Vehicle Registration Tax (VRT). The Vehicle Registration Tax Manual, Part 5, Enforcement, gives examples of the various appropriate actions to be taken in circumstances where an authorised Revenue officer may have reason to believe that the VRT regulations have not been complied with.
I am advised by Revenue that it does not record statistics in relation to enforcement activity specific to temporary exemption or by a breakdown of vehicle categories for Irish-registered, EU-registered and Ukrainian registered vehicles. However, the table below outlines the overall numbers of cases where enforcement action has been taken in relation to vehicle registration and VRT in the past 5 years:
|
Year |
Written Warning |
Detention |
Seizure |
Compromise sum paid |
|
2021 |
97 |
16 |
444 |
436 |
|
2022 |
157 |
28 |
878 |
863 |
|
2023 |
361 |
54 |
900 |
882 |
|
2024 |
369 |
23 |
925 |
892 |
|
2025 (30th Nov) |
415 |
41 |
831 |
787 |
