Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Last month, the Minister increased the price of petrol and diesel and we see that now at the pumps across the State. The Minister is set to increase the tax further in just over 70 days and then again two months later. This will push the price of petrol up by another 6 cent and diesel by another 5 cent. This is happening at a time when workers and families continue to face a cost-of-living crisis. Businesses and forecourts, particularly in the Border region, are scratching their heads and asking how the Minister for Finance thinks they will survive when petrol will be 20 cent cheaper on the other side of the Border. Does the Minister accept that now is the time not to pursue the increases which he plans to make in 70 days?

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