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Wed 11 Nov 2002Interest on tax rebates debatedIf a scheme to pay interest on income tax repayments is introduced it would have to be "prospective" rather than retrospective, the Minister for Finance has warned the Dáil.Mr McCreevy said, however, that such a scheme could raise "all sorts of problems", because of the "constrained public finances". Nonetheless it was being "actively examined" in advance of next year's Finance Bill.