i think the scrappage scheme was pure wastage in terms of money and perfect cars being scrapped simply because they were 10 years old, also the wastage of time and nct in scrapping these cars, most of these cars would have recently passed the nct and were not bangers, it was a sop to the big car dealers, it also resulted in huge sums of money leaving ireland for foreign car manufacturers. Surely a better deal would have been to give people grants to improve peoples existing cars CO2 emmisions and safety, this would have resulted in money staying in the economy and going to mechanics etc that do real work not swanning around fancy car showrooms, surely irish people wasted enough money buying mercs and bmws during the boom, in australia which is a lot richer than ireland it is perfectly acceptably to drive around in a 20 year old or older cars, yet we brand cars that are just 10 years old with plenty of life in them bangers, its just stupidity