Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

We do not have a scrappage scheme. I am always nervous about scrappage schemes because there is an embodied environmental cost in the manufacture of any car. If we see the lifecycle of a vehicle come to an abrupt end it might not be the most optimal for the environment. We have to make sure everything is safe and meets safety standards. I am uncertain about scrappage schemes because I am very conscious of the embodied energy in an already constructed vehicle.