Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is not the issue at hand. The question is whether you agree that the BIK regime should apply differently depending on whether you have a 3 l diesel vehicle or a much more environmentally friendly vehicle, which does not have to be an EV. That is what the table provides for. We have categories A to E and the more you move towards categories C, D and E, the higher the rate of BIK is. It is not about an EV or nothing.

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