Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I join Deputy Nash in supporting calls to look into the impacts that will be felt, particularly in Border counties. When one is talking to hauliers or people whose business is on a forecourt, one hears genuine concern about fuel tourism and the impacts on Border counties going forward. That is possibly compounded by the UK chancellor's recent decision to extend the deferral of excise across the Border.

I suggest that the Department should undertake some type of retail impact assessment of the impacts on businesses across the Border. The fact that the Minister is keeping the decision on excise rates under review, as he has said, might allow him to move when the time is appropriate or when he sees fit.

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