Brian Stanley (Laois, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is very clear from the final line in the amendment that the decision on how to allocate revenue up to 2030 would be taken prior to the Budget Statement 2020.

I am interested in the figures that have been included here. The figures published by the Department of Finance on 19 December 2018, which were reported by the national broadcaster that day, stated that there would be a €10.50 carbon tax increase on a bag of fuel and an increase of €2.25 on a bail of briquettes. We tabled a parliamentary question about those carbon tax figures earlier this week and the reply stated that the figures do not include VAT. One is, therefore, talking about an increase in the region of €12 on a bag of fuel and €2.60 on a bail of briquettes.