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Canada and all over the world and we need to bring them home. We need to bring them home by incentivising them with tax breaks and financial incentives. It is really important we launch a financial campaign with a package to build those workers home to build houses … consistently has delays and is not obeying its own statutory timelines. If you, I or any citizen of this country failed around our motor tax or insurance we would have to pay a sanction but there seems to be no accountability around planning. We need more planners

safety of drivers. Government TDs should be ashamed of themselves. The people of Meath pay almost €60 million per year in motor tax. We need immediate action. The Government needs to acknowledge its responsibility. It must expedite the recruitment of permanent driving test instructors, end the overreliance

those eligible to avail of a repayment of VRT and VAT on the purchase of vehicles and to exempt those eligible from paying motor tax. Concern is being brought to our attention, however, by a high number of refusal rates on such applications and by people finding

date, there have been several commencement orders covering BusConnects, dangerous driving, the antisocial use of scramblers, road infrastructure, provisions relating to the Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland and provisions for e-scooters and e-bikes. From this year, insurers will be permitted to access endorsements on driving licences … access to the data on the national vehicle and drivers file and to provide for abolition of the requirement for paper road tax, insurance and road worthiness discs. Before handing over to the Minister of State, Deputy Canney, I acknowledge the work of all stakeholders across the road

Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport the rationale for charging persons more for periodic payments of motor tax over single payments in full and if he will set out his plans to end this practice. [7074/25

Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of vehicle owners that paid motor tax in one single payments in 2022, 2023 and 2024 versus those that opted for periodic payments over the same period. [7075/25

Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide the additional amount derived from the collection of motor tax payments as a result of persons paying the charge by way of periodic payments instead of a one-off payment in 2022, 2023 and 2024. [7076/25