Vehicle Registration Tax
Dail Éireann — 2023-11-23
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Michael McGrath (FF), Cork South-Central

I thank the Deputy. The TY students are very welcome. I hope they enjoy their visit to Leinster House. To answer the question directly, we are open to examining what changes might be appropriate to the VRT system in a way that helps all our collective efforts to reduce accidents on our roads and the level of fatalities, which have unfortunately been going in the wrong direction in recent times. It behoves all of us to be open-minded in examining what we can do by using new technology to reduce the risk of accidents, and to incentivise the use of vehicles that help to protect drivers and passengers, which will help to highlight oncoming dangers and the risk of collisions that can impact on cyclists, pedestrians and so on. The answer to the Deputy's question is "Yes". I am open to examining what changes might be appropriate. I look forward to working with him in that regard.

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Sitting date: 2023-11-23