Annual Report 2005 - English Version ( pdf file - 3340 kb in size)

Limerick County Council Annual Report 2005MOTOR TAXATION SECTIONThe Motor Taxation Section of Limerick County Councilis responsible for a wide range of activities and servicessuch as:- Issuing of Vehicle Licences- Issuing of Driving Licences- Recording of Driving Licence Endorsements andDisqualifications- Processing of Pre-January 1993 changes of vehicleownership- Issuing of Certificates of Roadworthiness for Heavyand Light Goods Vehicles.- Issuing of Trade Plates to Motor TradersIn addition to the above, the Motor Taxation Sectionfacilitates other Government Agencies by providingmembers of the public with information on theNational Car Test (N.C.T.): The Driver Theory Test andthe Driving Test. The office liaises regularly withthe Gardaí, the Revenue Commissioners and theDepartment of the Environment, Heritage and LocalGovernment and Department of Transport regardingVehicle & Driver Licensing issues.The Motor Taxation office headquarters is located atLower Mallow Street, Limerick. In addition, customershave the option of taxing their vehicle at the Motor TaxOffice located at Limerick Co. Councils Newcastle WestArea Office. We wish to advise our customers that theNewcastle West Motor Tax office, deals solely with theissuing of motor tax discs.The Total number of transactions carried out by theCounty Limerick Motor Taxation Office during the Year2005 was 136,314, an increase of 331 transactions on2004 figure.The total receipts were €21,851,837. Of this, 34,323transactions were carried out in Newcastle West,representing 25.12% of the overall business of themotor taxation office.Taxes 2005Vehicle Licences (Tax Discs) are issued by the MotorTaxation Section for persons wishing to tax theirvehicles on a quarterly, half yearly or annual basis.The total number of taxes issued for all categoriesof vehicles (i.e. private, goods, motor cycles etc) was103,442. The number of vehicle arrears receiptsamounted to 7485.*The total number of new Vehicles Registered inCounty Limerick was 5,670 representing an increase of11.4% on the 2004 figure of 5,091.*Information supplied by the Revenue Commissioners.Other Transactions 2005The total number of Driving Licences issued was17,268. Other miscellaneous transactions, such asreplacement registration books, vehicle testing, tradeplates, miscellaneous receipts etc amounted to 8,585bringing the total number of transactions carried outby the Motor Taxation Office to 136,780.Online TaxingThe Motor Tax online facility issued 21,483 tax discsin 2005, accounting for 20% of the total number of taxdiscs issued by Limerick Co. Motor Tax for the sameperiod.The Motor Tax classifications which are eligible to availof the online service are: Private Cars, AgriculturalTractors, Excavators, Motor Cycles, Exempt (DisabledDrivers),Vintage/Veteran and Motor Caravans. Theservice is managed and operated by the VehicleRegistration Unit in Shannon, Co. Clare, who issuea unique pin number with the Motor Tax RenewalNotice, thus, allowing access to the service. Afterthe online transaction is completed the tax disc willbe issued by the VRU directly to the applicant. Thewebsite is www.motortax.ie or www.motarchain.ie(asGaeilge).63