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Column: Our proposal for Budget 2014? Swappage.
The scrappage scheme worked but only provided a once-off (though welcome) boost to both car sales and tax revenues. Swappage is focused on longer term benefits, writes Alan Nolan.
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Car sales drop as scrappage deal ends
The number of new cars sold in Ireland fell for the first time this year as the Government’s scrappage scheme came to an end in June.