Help stimulate the motor industry by allowing older cars (maybe back as far as 2000?) to benefit from the carbon-related tax rates...? Nah, I don't think that's a goer, because:
1. The used-car stock is the used-car stock, whereas on new vehicles, with the co2 incentive you can prevent the importation of higher polluting cars - but my suggestion wouldn't change the pool of 2nd hand cars at all.
2. Everyone would buy diesel and then the price of diesel would soar, not to mention the government would suffer from lower petrol duties - I think diesel duty is lower than petrol.
It would be nice, though, if the government didn't change their mind on whether a budget is needed, or how much money needs to be saved quite so often. 2 weeks ago An Tánaiste said a mini-budget wouldn't be necessary, now one is planned for April! 2 weeks ago, 2billion was what we needed to save this year, all of a sudden it's reported as something closer to 4.5 today?
Who's doing the sums?
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