John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)

The Minister did not just stop there when it came to environmental choices and green issues. It is easy for people to pick snippets from the budget and praise the provisions concerning cars, but the Minister also changed business practice by encouraging that sector to invest in equipment. The specific change there is that the purchase of environmentally friendly and efficient equipment can be written off in one year whereas normally it would take five or seven years. The figures vary according to the type of equipment but the green environmental issue is fairly dominant in the Finance Bill.

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