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MINISTER FOR Finance Brian Lenihan has told the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party he will consider the possibility of introducing some incentive for a scrappage scheme when framing next month’s budget.

Mr Lenihan was responding to a motion calling for a scrappage scheme to be introduced to counter the slump in new car sales during 2008 and 2009.