Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 May 2026
393. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of licensed vehicles on the roads in Ireland, broken down per year from 2016 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39392/26]
View answer394. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of licenced private passenger cars on the roads in Ireland, broken down per year from 2016 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39393/26]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 393 and 394 together.
The statistics requested by the Deputy are publicly available at the below links.
https://data.cso.ie/table/TTA02 - Fleet breakdown by taxation class annual table.
https://data.cso.ie/table/TTM02 - Fleet breakdown by taxation class monthly tables.
For convenience they are also summarised below. The data reflect the total number of vehicles with current motor tax, and the number of private vehicles with current motor tax. Data for 2026 is year to date April 2026.
|
Year |
Taxation Class |
Number of Vehicles |
|
2016 |
Total Vehicles |
2,624,958 |
|
2017 |
Total Vehicles |
2,675,879 |
|
2018 |
Total Vehicles |
2,717,722 |
|
2019 |
Total Vehicles |
2,805,839 |
|
2020 |
Total Vehicles |
2,860,984 |
|
2021 |
Total Vehicles |
2,890,975 |
|
2022 |
Total Vehicles |
2,919,005 |
|
2023 |
Total Vehicles |
3,002,092 |
|
2024 |
Total Vehicles |
3,143,356 |
|
2025 |
Total Vehicles |
3,246,651 |
|
2026 April |
Total Vehicles |
3,311,631 |
|
2016 |
Private |
2,026,977 |
|
2017 |
Private |
2,066,112 |
|
2018 |
Private |
2,106,369 |
|
2019 |
Private |
2,174,779 |
|
2020 |
Private |
2,215,127 |
|
2021 |
Private |
2,232,174 |
|
2022 |
Private |
2,255,971 |
|
2023 |
Private |
2,322,875 |
|
2024 |
Private |
2,432,648 |
|
2025 |
Private |
2,511,627 |
|
2026 April |
Private |
2,565,688 |
