154 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether there are many motorists escaping the payment of VRT by driving foreign registered cars which remain undeclared to the authorities here; the amount of revenue he estimates to be lost to the Exchequer on an annual basis as a result; the measures in place to crack down on this practice; if he will bring in more stringent measures to ensure that significant amounts of VRT are not lost to the Exchequer and that cars are not being driven on roads here on a long-term basis without appropriate taxation being paid; if his attention has been drawn to the practice whereby car dealers import foreign cars which do not possess a correct TAN number and therefore escape the payment of VAT and VRT; the measures in place in order to crack down on this practice; if he will introduce further such measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43431/08]

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154 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether there are many motorists escaping the payment of VRT by driving foreign registered cars which remain undeclared to the authorities here; the amount of revenue he estimates to be lost to the Exchequer on an annual basis as a result; the measures in place to crack down on this practice; if he will bring in more stringent measures to ensure that significant amounts of VRT are not lost to the Exchequer and that cars are not being driven on roads here on a long-term basis without appropriate taxation being paid; if his attention has been drawn to the practice whereby car dealers import foreign cars which do not possess a correct TAN number and therefore escape the payment of VAT and VRT; the measures in place in order to crack down on this practice; if he will introduce further such measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43431/08]

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