193 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 501 of 27 October 2010, his plans to reform the motor tax system to allow any motor tax office to issue a disc on behalf of an adjoining local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47473/10]

At present a local authority may only issue a licence for a vehicle which is in its own county area. The possibility of permitting a licensing authority to issue a licence without such restriction is one of the issues being examined in the context of proposals for a revision and consolidation of motor tax law being developed in my Department at present. It is the intention in this regard that Heads of a Bill will be brought to Government in 2011.