Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the decision taken by the Ministers for the Environment, Community and Local Government and Transport, Tourism and Sport to introduce this badly needed legislation. I salute Verona Murphy, the Irish Road Haulage Association and the Freight Transport Association of Ireland for the lobbying they did on this matter. The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport promised to introduce this measure in response to an oral question I asked him and in fairness to him, he kept his word and I salute him for doing so.

The Bill reduces the number of tax rates from 20 to five. I welcome any move to reduce bureaucracy.

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