Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein)

In recent months, the abolition of the scrappage scheme has resulted in a decline in the number of new cars coming on the roads. This measure is another disincentive to people to buy new cars or to acquire environmentally friendly cars. This measure will cost jobs. Garages nationwide have been promoting cars with low CO2 emissions to ensure that people bought them. Consequently, this will cost such garages money in advertising, jobs and in other areas and will have a knock-on effect. It is short-sighted to levy so much money in addition to the taxes people already are paying.

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