Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Tánaiste will be aware that fuel costs have skyrocketed over the past number of weeks. He will also be aware of the major financial challenges for hauliers, the road transport sector and, in the context of agricultural diesel, farmers, albeit this morning the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, announced an incentive of €400 per ha for additional crop production. Can the Tánaiste provide an update on the possibility of a fuel rebate scheme for hauliers and others in the road transport sector and indicate whether anything can be done in respect of agricultural diesel? In light of the financial pressures relating to the increase in the price of fertiliser and so on, there is massive pressure on farmers specifically in the context of tractor diesel. If the Government could do something to alleviate that cost, it would be very welcome.

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