Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 3 July 2018

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Environmental Impact of Fiscal Instruments: Discussion (Resumed)

4:00 pm

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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Currently the sector is able to benefit from the rebate but the benefit is very small. As Ms Murphy said, it is less than 1 cent per litre. If there was equalisation, the cost of diesel would increase. That would mean the benefit to the sector would increase also.