Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The difference is that, unfortunately, the Minister made the decision that increases on petrol and diesel applied from last year, so the reductions the Minister applied on 10 March will apply to them until he lifts them, currently scheduled for 1 September. For agri-diesel, the increase is set to come in on 1 May. Essentially, the Minister has offered farm families, farm contractors and others required to use agri-diesel a 2 cent reduction per litre for a grand total of seven weeks.