Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 8 March 2018
Public Accounts Committee
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes
9:00 am
Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael)
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I know that. I refer to the specific year of manufacture. How far back are we going? Should we introduce a scrappage scheme? If there are a lot of cars that are 15 or 20 years old, which might, but only barely, pass the national car test, NCT, road safety and environmental issues present themselves. The point the Chairman is making is that if we can help people to replace those cars with vehicles dating from 2009 or mid-2008 onward, it may be beneficial to all of us.