Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I support the motion, but I am a little confused. While we in the Rural Independent Group support the motion, it seems a little late for Sinn Féin to now be concerned about higher fuel taxes when it has consistently supported them in the past. It failed to support the Rural Independent Group when we moved motions in the House to roll back fuel taxes and scrap the carbon tax.

Sinn Féin's position on fuel taxes, especially the carbon tax, is extremely misleading to the Irish people. Thanks be to God I have a memory, because I recall when carbon taxes were proposed here, the chorus from Sinn Féin at the time was that the taxes were not going far enough and were not being introduced quickly enough. I continuously remind people in County Kerry of Sinn Féin's position.

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