Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Moynihan for raising this matter. As he will be aware, in 2008, the price of oil was at a very low point because of the impact of the global financial crisis and other factors that meant the price was at a very low level. The House will be aware the Government has done an awful lot to reduce the price of fuel, and the excise reduction we put in place of 15 cent and 20 cent is the biggest excise rate reduction we have done in our modern economic history. What I will do, given the point the Deputy has raised, is to get my Department to work with the Department with responsibility for energy to put together a short note to explain the changes to which the Deputy has referred.

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