S.I. No. 114/2026 - Statistics (National Survey of Transport of Goods by Road) Order 2026

1. In the case of a person who is the owner of a vehicle other than one that has been scrapped —

(a) subject to subparagraph (b), information regarding the following, as it relates to the vehicle concerned and specifying the relevant period concerned

(i) age;

(ii) latest change of ownership;

(iii) business of the owner;

(iv) where known, business of the user;

(v) carrying capacity;

(vi) capacity of any trailer that has been attached to the vehicle;

(vii) weight of any trailer that has been attached to the vehicle;

(viii) type of body of the vehicle;

(ix) use to which the vehicle was put;

(x) use to which the vehicle is normally put;

(xi) position on the vehicle of the axles;

(xii) odometer reading in miles or kilometres of the vehicle at the beginning and end of the relevant period concerned, or

(b) where the vehicle concerned is used by a person other than its owner and the owner by virtue of that fact is unable to provide all of the information specified in subparagraph (a), the name and contact details of the user of the vehicle concerned and the information specified in subparagraphs (a)(i) to (iii).

2. In the case of a person who is the user of a vehicle other than one that has been scrapped, the information specified in paragraphs 1(a)(iv) to (xii) as it relates to the vehicle concerned and specifying the relevant period concerned.

3. In the case of a person who, immediately before it was scrapped, was the owner of a vehicle, confirmation that the vehicle was scrapped.

4. In the case of —

(a) a person who is the owner of a vehicle, or

(b) a person who is the user of a vehicle,

other than one that has been scrapped, the fuel type used in the vehicle.

5. Information on the time taken by the person concerned to complete the questionnaire, form or other record prepared by the Director General for the collection of the information referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

25 March, 2026.

MICHEÁL MARTIN,

Taoiseach.

1 OJ No. L 32, 3.2.2012, p. 1

2 OJ No. L 158, 10.6.2013, p. 1

1 OJ No. L 32, 3.2.2012, p. 1

2 OJ No. L 158, 10.6.2013, p. 1

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

27

th March,

2026.

I, MICHEÁL MARTIN, Taoiseach, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 25

(1) of the

Statistics Act 1993

(No. 21 of 1993) and, other than in relation to paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Schedule to the following order, for the purpose of giving full effect to Regulation (EU) No. 70/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2012

1

, as amended by Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 of 13 May 2013

2

hereby order as follows