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Dail Éireann — 2026-09-29
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Pearse Doherty (SF), Donegal

I have said it numerous times. We cannot control the international price of a barrel of oil. We cannot control what happens in the Middle East or in the Strait of Hormuz, but what we can control in this House is the amount of tax we apply to petrol and diesel. When people are driving up to their petrol stations and they are being charged €2.20 for a litre of diesel and they need that car and the diesel in their tank to go to work, drop the kids to school, visit their mother or whatever, then that pressure is too much.
The resources are in the State. We can all accept that. The resources are in the State to help people at this time of need. I am putting it to the Tánaiste very clearly. When these prices are this high, the Government needs to go further. It has the ability to reduce excise further on petrol and diesel. It can do that. It can do it on the budget day, if it wants, which is only a couple of days away. It should have done it before this, but I am asking the Minister whether the Government will consider reducing excise further or petrol and diesel. It is a simple question. Is that under consideration?

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Sitting date: 2026-09-29