Car scrappage scheme yields €70m to exchequer

MICHAEL Job’s letter (June 14) is wildly inaccurate and attributes figures to the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) that we did not issue.

Car scrappage scheme yields €70m to exchequer
Mon, 21 Jun, 2010 - 01:00
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He opens by stating that “according to SIMI figures, the scrappage scheme cost the exchequer €15m in lost revenue”.

We did not issue such a figure and the reality is very different.

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