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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: I thank all of the witnesses for attending. I will make a point to Mr. Flynn. He stated that it was the UK and Norway we were reliant on for fuel, but one assumes that the UK is not drilling for oil. I am concerned that, at some point, we will lose the majority of our gas supplies. At that stage, a barrel of oil will increase to well in excess of $200 and all of this talk will be moot....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: Do the witnesses agree that the carbon tax is taxing industry into oblivion? It has primarily been introduced by the Irish Government. It does not happen on mainland countries. Our fuel rebate is 7.5 cent. What is it on the Continent?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: I have five minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: I will ask questions. Do not worry about that. Mr. Drennan should go ahead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: Ultimately, hauliers are in a competitive sector, so the fuel rebate going out to everyone does not make much sense. Nor does it happen in other countries.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: They are in the licensed road haulage sector. There are also licensed bus operators. In order to protect the consumer from price increases, the fuel rebate needs to increase greatly, which is the request being made today, and bus operators should be included in it, particularly those in the school transport sector. They have the complication of having to deal with the Department of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: How quickly? Does Mr. Kavanagh mean weeks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: I am aware of a number of truck and bus operators that already have gone under. They have parked up and are selling their vehicles.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: Have operators been approached about how the anticipated refugees might be transported? There are 10,000 refugees currently. I do not mean to conflate these matters, but there is an expectation of 200,000. Does Mr. Kavanagh believe bus operators will be playing an essential role in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: At the worst possible time. I have a question. It is probably for Mr. Jackman. Regarding the low-hanging fruit that the IRHA has presented to the Government, is it not a fact that every time a truck stops at the Dublin Port tunnel, be it going inwards or outwards, it expends a litre of fuel and that €40,000 is being spent by hauliers every day unnecessarily, which the Government...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: Is it not fair to say that the carbon tax is counterproductive when you consider that we could alleviate 30,000 l of fuel being expended into the atmosphere from one toll yet we are having to pay carbon tax to pay for the benefit and the effects of that? It is an outrageous proposition.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: The consumer will thank the Chair for this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: The contributor is in line with me, I have no doubt. I want to say this-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: I just want to emphasise the level of urgency these people bring to the table. As a member of Government, I would like the Chair to bring that back.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: It tendered for the tachograph contract.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: It does.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: Are the coach companies losing money on the school transport contracts? Are they losing it or making it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: I want to wish everyone well. Their future is in our hands.

Rising Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (22 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: I am almost there. Most of the cost-of-living problems are being made worse by Government taxes, charges and regulations. We have heard a lot about Ukraine, which has simply brought a sharper the focus onto the problems we have. Obviously, the clock has run out. I want to say, however, that many people have come to me in the past week or two. They have said that they do not feel that...

Rising Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (22 Mar 2022)

Verona Murphy: I thank Sinn Féin for tabling this motion, which allows us to discuss further the rising cost of living and the developments of the week, which now sees the motion calling for many reductions, including that of VAT which I proposed last week. Many of the earlier price surges were seen as temporary due to supply chain bottlenecks associated with the lockdown. The longer they go on,...