Tens of thousands of Irish vehicles are believed to be affected
Volkswagen has said they will be informing tens of thousands of car owners in Ireland whether they're vehicles need to be refitted following the emissions scandal.
The global car company confirmed that between 50,000 and 80,000 vehicles in Ireland may have been fitted with the software used to distort diesel emission readings.
In a statement released, VW said it was in contact with various factories to establish the extent of the use of the software.
VW, however, has not confirmed how the modifications of the affected vehicles will take place. They said they will be contacting owners with details on how to get the software 'corrected', and reiterated that the vehicles are wholly safe.
"We would advise customers who suspect their vehicles might be affected to find and keep safe any sales documents they have", a spokesperson said.
"Traders must supply goods that are in conformity with the contract and, when they fail to do so, there are legal mechanisms available to protect consumers."
The company confirmed that nearly 1.2 million UK vehicles are affected, consisting of 508,276 Volkswagen cars, 393,450 Audis, 131,569 Skodas, 79,838 VW commercial vehicles and 76,773 Seats.
They also announced how many vehicles are affected in a number of other countries, including France (984,064), the Czech Republic (148,000) and Portugal (94,400).
The UK has the second largest number of vehicles so far, behind Germany which has 2.8 million.
Martin Winterkorn resigned as VW chief executive as a result of the scandal. He was replaced by former Porsche boss Matthias Mueller.
The firm's share price has fallen by 40% since the scandal broke on September 18.
A number of UK law firms claim they have been contacted by hundreds of motorists interested in a group action against VW.
London-based firm Leigh Day has written to Mr Mueller to call for compensation for those drivers who paid a premium for "clean" diesel cars.