Mr. James Nix:

I will speak briefly on the situation in France. Hybrids were excluded from the 22 measures largely down to representations from French car makers Renault and Citroën who have heavily invested in hybrids. Obviously, that is not a consideration that would apply in Ireland.

On the €10 figure, I have not seen research data around the selection of that figure but in very rough terms let us say the heavy hybrids, such as that given by Dr. Mock in the example, are approximately 2.8 tonnes. If someone was to go 1,000 kg above the existing French trésor, an additional VRT cost may be €10,000. I believe it was a little bit pitched or calibrated based on trying to push back on the growth of the very heavy internal combustion cars.