Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Can the Taoiseach explain to every household in Ireland why, in the middle of a pandemic and a national fuel crisis, the Government has raised taxes on fuel and is now getting €1 per litre? Why were taxes on fuel not capped in order that, if there were a fuel increase, people would only be paying for the increase and not any extra tax? We are paying an extra 19 cent per litre in tax in the past 12 months, which means every household in Ireland is paying €10.75 in tax out of every €100 of fuel. The farmers and people in the truck industry are on their knees. This week, they are all going out to protest because of the Government's failure to protect the people of Ireland. Every member of the Government should resign his or her position. Every one of the Government backbenchers and Ministers backed this extra tax we are paying. Since 2020, the State is getting an extra 19 cent per litre.

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