Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 23 March 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Fuel Prices: Discussion
Mr. Kevin McPartlan:
That is not the issue. We are not a single market. Also, in terms of the fuel coming into the EU, we are competing with other EU countries to buy that fuel. We are bidding against other EU countries and we are on the periphery, so it costs more to get it here than to mainland Europe. The fact that we were not actually getting molecules from Russia is not, with respect, the most important point. The most important point is the increase in the demand and the decrease in supply, which is being felt on a macro level.
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