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must work efficiently. The Bill also advances the Government's digital agenda and improves the efficiency of public service delivery. The law on motor tax, vehicle records and speed limits must reflect how services are now delivered and how road safety decisions are now made. There is also … things. It modernises the national vehicle and driver file; underpins the Check My Vehicle service; removes the need to display a paper motor tax disc; allows open-ended declarations for non-use; supports more flexible and evidence-based speed limit management; provides a statutory basis for sharing collision

current Vote, as the Minister of State, Deputy Canney, has just said. What that means for the House is that reforms in motor tax, modernisations listed in the national vehicle and driver file and the road traffic Bill 2026 will generate some savings. Once the relevant provisions … Bill are enacted, they will remove the requirement to display a paper motor tax disc, therefore reducing the Department’s administrative costs by approximately €8 million per annum. It is important to say to the House that priority will be given to protecting the PSO funding as part

provisions represent real common-sense reforms. They look at the modernisation of the national vehicle and driver file, the removal of outdated paper motor tax discs, improvements to collision data sharing, which I will speak more about, and measures designed to strengthen road safety enforcement and planning. These … given, I will struggle to support this Bill, notwithstanding the other positive elements I see within it. The abolition of the paper motor tax disc is overdue and is something I welcome. As we know, the Garda is now relying on automatic number plate recognition systems and access

welcome and will bring driving regulations and monitoring somewhat into the 21st century. The decision to finally abolish the paper motor tax discs is an important measure. For decades we forced motorists to have this piece of paper on their windscreens while the rest of society moved ahead … with the Garda in terms of automatic numberplate recognition etc., but I would love to see insurance discs gone as well as the motor tax discs on cars. There should be a way of working that, maybe not in this legislation but soon. Broadly, I welcome the Bill

they cannot drive on their local roads without fear of bursting a tire or damaging the suspension of their cars. They pay their taxes, motor tax, local property tax, carbon tax and huge insurance costs. They are paying and paying but they are not getting the level

Maintaining the accuracy, effectiveness and legal robustness of that system is essential. I welcome the decision to remove the requirement for a paper motor tax disc. It is a sensible modernisation of a system that has changed very little despite the widespread digitalisation of our public services. Most

Bill. There are a number of practical changes in it that I support. It removes the outdated requirement to display a paper motor tax disc, reflecting the fact that gardaí can now check tax status electronically through automatic numberplate recognition. That is a great positive. It strengthens Check … Vehicle, giving people buying a second-hand car better access to official information on a vehicle's tax and roadworthiness status. It allows local authorities to access collision data so they can identify dangerous locations and better target road safety improvements. This is critical to all our communities

Bill appears to be technical and administrative, dealing with databases, record keeping, data sharing arrangements and, as the Minister of State said, motor tax and various amendments. I know that other amendments are to come on Committee Stage and we look forward to hearing about them. Following

year carbon tax trajectory up to 2030 is implemented, thus incentivising further uptake of biofuels. Furthermore, the renewable transport fuels obligation scheme under the remit of the Minister for Transport obliges suppliers of mineral oil to ensure that a percentage of the motor fuel they place … such as HVO, hydrogen and biomethane. Work on these commitments is ongoing, including the examination in this year's and last year's tax strategy papers published by the Department of Finance. However, it must be pointed out that the availability of renewable transport fuels, including HVO, will

made to pay for tax cuts for diners and developers. There will be a fiver in the fuel allowance but no commitment yet to the extra four weeks again next year. There will be an extension of the cuts to excise on motor fuels and, as the Tánaiste … with the Tánaiste. They gathered in Dublin. Six of them wrote to the Tánaiste a number of weeks ago in relation to taxing the windfall profits of power companies. A week on, where does the Government actually stand? I know what the Tánaiste said earlier but will this

Deputy for his further comments. As mentioned, the tax treatment of 100% HVO used in place of diesel is already incentivised through the tax system. On a VAT-inclusive basis, 23% less excise duty is charged on 100% HVO fuel when compared with auto diesel. The renewable transport … transport. This is achieved through the renewable transport fuel obligation, RTFO, which obliges mineral oil suppliers to ensure that a percentage of the motor fuel they place on the market in Ireland is produced from renewable sources. Sustainable renewable transport fuels, such as HVO, provide immediate climate mitigation

that we are not giving them the support they need in the job or financially. I have continuously asked for tax incentives and tax breaks for critical workers, be it gardaí, nurses or teachers, in Dublin, Galway, Cork or any of the cities where the rent is higher … doing need to be changed. I welcome the proposal in the Bill that will end the requirement to display the paper motor task disk. The State already holds vehicle information electronically and the Bill will modernise that and remove the paper disc requirement. I think that makes sense

Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport the motor tax status of Ukrainian registered vehicles currently driving in the State; when the temporary exemptions from Motor Tax and NCT for Ukrainian vehicles will be abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64965/26

Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the total amount collected in motor tax from vehicles registered in County Clare in each of the past five years; and the amount invested by the State in the maintenance and improvement of roads in County Clare in each

Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 471 of 9 June, to provide an update on proposals for the alternative display of paper motor tax and insurance discs under the National Vehicle and Driver File, Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2026; and if he will make a statement

under the budgetary process, distinct from the funding allocated for disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; the proposed maximum grant under VAS; whether motor tax, fuel grant and toll exemptions will be included for VAS recipients; whether supports for people with vision impairment will be included; the proposed

Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has plans to review the motor-tax system for pre-2008 vehicles, in order that they may also be taxed based on CO2 emissions, consistent with the system for vehicles from 2008 to-date