Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Government has planned three excise and carbon tax increases on petrol and diesel this year. These increases should not go ahead. The Dáil will be on holidays in August when the review of prices, which the Minister of State talked about, will happen. Does the Minister of State know what happens in August? Parents get ready to send their kids back to school because they are back in the third or fourth week of the month. These are the same parents who have to try to get money together to get their schoolbooks, their uniform and everything else they will need to get their children back-----

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