|
Question put: "That the Bill do now pass."
The Dáil divided: Tá, 78; Níl, 45.
| Tá |
Níl |
Breen, Pat.
|
Aylward, Bobby.
|
|
Burton, Joan.
|
Boyd Barrett, Richard.
|
|
Butler, Ray.
|
Broughan, Thomas P.
|
|
Buttimer, Jerry.
|
Browne, John.
|
|
Byrne, Eric.
|
Calleary, Dara.
|
|
Cannon, Ciarán.
|
Collins, Joan.
|
|
Carey, Joe.
|
Colreavy, Michael.
|
|
Coffey, Paudie.
|
Cowen, Barry.
|
|
Conaghan, Michael.
|
Doherty, Pearse.
|
|
Connaughton, Paul J.
|
Dooley, Timmy.
|
|
Conway, Ciara.
|
Ellis, Dessie.
|
|
Corcoran Kennedy, Marcella.
|
Ferris, Martin.
|
|
Costello, Joe.
|
Fitzmaurice, Michael.
|
|
Coveney, Simon.
|
Fleming, Sean.
|
|
Creed, Michael.
|
Fleming, Tom.
|
|
Deenihan, Jimmy.
|
Grealish, Noel.
|
|
Deering, Pat.
|
Halligan, John.
|
|
Doherty, Regina.
|
Healy, Seamus.
|
|
Dowds, Robert.
|
Healy-Rae, Michael.
|
|
Doyle, Andrew.
|
Kelleher, Billy.
|
|
Durkan, Bernard J.
|
Kirk, Seamus.
|
|
Farrell, Alan.
|
Kitt, Michael P.
|
|
Feighan, Frank.
|
McConalogue, Charlie.
|
|
Ferris, Anne.
|
McDonald, Mary Lou.
|
|
Fitzgerald, Frances.
|
McGrath, Finian.
|
|
Fitzpatrick, Peter.
|
McGrath, Mattie.
|
|
Flanagan, Charles.
|
McGrath, Michael.
|
|
Griffin, Brendan.
|
McLellan, Sandra.
|
|
Hannigan, Dominic.
|
Mac Lochlainn, Pádraig.
|
|
Harrington, Noel.
|
Moynihan, Michael.
|
|
Harris, Simon.
|
Murphy, Catherine.
|
|
Hayes, Tom.
|
Murphy, Paul.
|
|
Heydon, Martin.
|
Ó Fearghaíl, Seán.
|
|
Howlin, Brendan.
|
Ó Snodaigh, Aengus.
|
|
Keating, Derek.
|
O'Brien, Jonathan.
|
|
Kehoe, Paul.
|
O'Dea, Willie.
|
|
Kelly, Alan.
|
O'Sullivan, Maureen.
|
|
Kenny, Enda.
|
Pringle, Thomas.
|
|
Kenny, Seán.
|
Ross, Shane.
|
|
Kyne, Seán.
|
Smith, Brendan.
|
|
Lawlor, Anthony.
|
Stanley, Brian.
|
|
Lynch, Ciarán.
|
Timmins, Billy.
|
|
Lynch, Kathleen.
|
Tóibín, Peadar.
|
|
Lyons, John.
|
Troy, Robert.
|
|
McCarthy, Michael.
|
Wallace, Mick.
|
|
McEntee, Helen.
|
|
|
McFadden, Gabrielle.
|
|
|
McGinley, Dinny.
|
|
|
McHugh, Joe.
|
|
|
McLoughlin, Tony.
|
|
|
McNamara, Michael.
|
|
|
Mitchell, Olivia.
|
|
|
Mitchell O'Connor, Mary.
|
|
|
Mulherin, Michelle.
|
|
|
Nash, Gerald.
|
|
|
Naughten, Denis.
|
|
|
Neville, Dan.
|
|
|
Noonan, Michael.
|
|
|
O'Donnell, Kieran.
|
|
|
O'Donovan, Patrick.
|
|
|
O'Dowd, Fergus.
|
|
|
O'Mahony, John.
|
|
|
Penrose, Willie.
|
|
|
Perry, John.
|
|
|
Phelan, John Paul.
|
|
|
Quinn, Ruairí.
|
|
|
Rabbitte, Pat.
|
|
|
Reilly, James.
|
|
|
Ring, Michael.
|
|
|
Ryan, Brendan.
|
|
|
Shatter, Alan.
|
|
|
Spring, Arthur.
|
|
|
Stagg, Emmet.
|
|
|
Stanton, David.
|
|
|
Tuffy, Joanna.
|
|
|
Twomey, Liam.
|
|
|
Wall, Jack.
|
|
|
White, Alex.
|
|
Tellers: Tá, Deputies Emmet Stagg and Paul Kehoe; Níl, Deputies Pearse Doherty and Seán Ó Fearghaíl.
Question declared carried.
 6 o’clock
An Ceann Comhairle: This Bill, which is a certified money Bill in accordance with Article 22.2.1° of the Constitution, will be sent to the Seanad.
Estimates for Public Services 2015: Message from Select Committee
An Ceann Comhairle: The Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality has completed its consideration of Vote 35 for the year ending 31 December 2015.
Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Bill 2015: Second and Subsequent Stages
Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (Deputy Alan Kelly): I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time".
I am pleased to open the debate in the Dáil on the Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Bill 2015. In light of the importance of the haulage industry to our export-led growth and to ensure Ireland remains competitive, it was announced in the 2016 budget that the rates of commercial motor tax on larger goods vehicles were to be reduced. The main purpose of the Bill is to give legislative effect to those reductions. The reductions, to apply to all goods vehicles with an unladen weight exceeding 4,000 kg, will take effect for vehicle licences taken out with a commencement date of 1 January 2016.
The current structure for goods vehicles has 20 rate bands ranging from the lowest rate for electric vehicles of €92 to €5,195 annually for the heaviest goods vehicles. As well as reducing the rates for all goods vehicles, the rate structure is also being simplified. From January, there will be just five bands of motor tax which will range from the current level of €92 per annum for electric goods vehicles up to a top rate of €900 per annum for all goods vehicles in excess of 12,000 kg. The reductions are tapered, from a reduction of €4,295 for the heaviest goods vehicle band to a reduction of €43 annually for vehicles weighing between 4,001 and 5,000 kg. There are no changes to the lowest two bands, which remain at €333 and €420, respectively. |
Page
of 101
