Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

I gave a very detailed reply on the very substantial problems this poses in terms of administration and in terms of providing equality for all those who participate in the business of car hire arrangements. I outlined the practical difficulties that arise.

Clearly, there is a difficulty. It is a difficulty which Government must address collectively. One cannot simply use the tax system all of the time to provide untargeted imprecise subsidies to particular sectors when a more targeted subsidy would achieve the same result at a far lower cost.

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