Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)

While I welcome the proposed change in vehicle registration tax, I will press the Minister on whether the initiative will be revenue neutral. An important principle the public wants applied to green taxation is that revenue derived from taxing something undesirable should be recycled and should not result in an overall increase in taxation levels. Will the Minister give a commitment that he will rebalance motor tax and vehicle registration tax on the basis of tax neutrality and that it will not raise revenue for Exchequer purposes.

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