Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I completely understand what the Deputy is saying, as does the Government. The prices of diesel and petrol have soared in recent weeks. We saw increases as a consequence of the pandemic but we are now seeing further increases on top of that, as a result of the war in Ukraine, that had not been anticipated or predicted by anyone. We will have to respond to this. When it comes to business users, as was mentioned, they can reclaim the VAT, but they cannot reclaim the excise charge. That is one of the things we must examine and one of the things we will discuss at the ministerial meeting on Ukraine this afternoon.

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