Mr. Denis Murphy:

Why increase the tax on cars rather than televisions, computers or everything else that is imported? We are supposed to live in an open market in the European Union. There is free movement of goods and services in the economy in and out of every country in Europe, except cars into Ireland. One could ask why that is the case. Why is it only cars? Why not everything else that is imported into this country? There is already 23% VAT and one is adding another 20% on to that.