Ciarán Ahern
Question:403. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport the number of vehicles licenced in Ireland, by category in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28469/26]
View answerTuesday, 21 April 2026
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As Minister of State with responsibility for International and Road Transport, Logistics, Rail and Ports, I wish to state that the number of licenced vehicles by category on the 31 December 2021 – 2025 are provided in the table below.
For your convenience, my Department publish monthly snapshot of licensed vehicles as open data on the CSO website at the following link https://data.cso.ie/table/TTM03.
|
|
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
|
Agricultural tractor |
77,399 |
73,467 |
72,234 |
74,417 |
75,617 |
|
All Exempt Vehicles |
31,851 |
32,271 |
33,107 |
34,168 |
34,799 |
|
Combine harvester |
728 |
682 |
719 |
712 |
698 |
|
Cycle |
45,924 |
46,528 |
47,786 |
49,685 |
51,407 |
|
Cycle & sidecar |
343 |
310 |
294 |
290 |
291 |
|
Dumper |
646 |
658 |
764 |
854 |
878 |
|
Emergency rescue vehicle |
182 |
194 |
199 |
200 |
200 |
|
Excavator/digger |
4,845 |
4,648 |
4,644 |
4,701 |
4,799 |
|
Forklift |
2,511 |
2,441 |
2,514 |
2,717 |
2,983 |
|
General haulage tractor |
691 |
689 |
654 |
685 |
674 |
|
Goods |
385,099 |
389,184 |
400,229 |
418,507 |
432,460 |
|
Hackney |
1,197 |
1,155 |
1,098 |
1,028 |
926 |
|
Hearse |
970 |
977 |
945 |
951 |
963 |
|
Island vehicle |
667 |
644 |
619 |
640 |
624 |
|
Large public service vehicle |
11,090 |
11,688 |
12,163 |
13,077 |
13,967 |
|
Limousine |
1,619 |
1,762 |
1,920 |
2,159 |
2,371 |
|
Mobile machine |
4,994 |
4,915 |
4,823 |
4,952 |
5,060 |
|
Motor caravan |
16,181 |
17,573 |
18,999 |
21,166 |
22,716 |
|
Private |
2,232,174 |
2,255,971 |
2,322,875 |
2,432,648 |
2,511,627 |
|
Schoolbus |
779 |
886 |
1,177 |
1,522 |
1,810 |
|
Taxi |
15,267 |
15,089 |
15,081 |
15,335 |
15,314 |
|
Tricycle |
369 |
397 |
470 |
517 |
557 |
|
Vintage/veteran |
54,680 |
56,114 |
58,029 |
61,660 |
65,166 |
|
Youth community bus |
769 |
762 |
749 |
765 |
744 |
|
Total |
2,890,975 |
2,919,005 |
3,002,092 |
3,143,356 |
3,246,651 |