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- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Environmental Impact of Fiscal Instruments: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Pearse Doherty: If we park the idea that a rebate would happen for the haulage sector, does the Irish Road Haulage Association believe that equalisation of diesel and petrol is a good idea?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Environmental Impact of Fiscal Instruments: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Pearse Doherty: I understand that, based on the figures the Irish Road Haulage Association has provided. Ms Murphy mentioned that the baseline was €1; is that correct?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Environmental Impact of Fiscal Instruments: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Pearse Doherty: That is set down in legislation through a Finance Act a number of years ago.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Environmental Impact of Fiscal Instruments: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Pearse Doherty: What does that mean? If road hauliers are charged more than €1-----
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Environmental Impact of Fiscal Instruments: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Pearse Doherty: Is there an upper limit on that?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Environmental Impact of Fiscal Instruments: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Pearse Doherty: As Ms Murphy has mentioned the benefit is minimal.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Environmental Impact of Fiscal Instruments: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Pearse Doherty: Currently the sector is able to benefit from the rebate but the benefit is very small. As Ms Murphy said, it is less than 1 cent per litre. If there was equalisation, the cost of diesel would increase. That would mean the benefit to the sector would increase also.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Environmental Impact of Fiscal Instruments: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Pearse Doherty: I was about to make that point. There would be no requirement to reduce the baseline. All that would be needed would be to increase the limit to which the sector could benefit.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Environmental Impact of Fiscal Instruments: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Pearse Doherty: Yes.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Environmental Impact of Fiscal Instruments: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Pearse Doherty: Parking that to one side, if there was no upper limit of 7.5 cent and if equalisation was introduced, the association's members would not be adversely affected because they would simply get a larger rebate. Would that be the case?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Environmental Impact of Fiscal Instruments: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Pearse Doherty: Explain that to me.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Environmental Impact of Fiscal Instruments: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Pearse Doherty: I am not sure if the association provided us with that detail. It would be helpful if we had it.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Environmental Impact of Fiscal Instruments: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Pearse Doherty: Has the association done calculations on the basis of a base rate for the rebate being set at 85 cent per litre given that it is the level that would neutralise any impact of equalisation or would that create an additional incentive?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Environmental Impact of Fiscal Instruments: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Pearse Doherty: I am well aware of that. I have extended family members involved in the sector and I am well aware of the challenges.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Environmental Impact of Fiscal Instruments: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Pearse Doherty: The €22 million cost is based on having the lower base for the rebate and increasing the rebate rate to 15 cent. That is not taking on board the benefits that could accrue to the State from hauliers purchasing their fuel-----
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Environmental Impact of Fiscal Instruments: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Pearse Doherty: -----at home. We also need the sector to move from using a diesel engine to a more sustainable type of engine. I appreciate what the witnesses said about Brexit. I come from a Border community and I hear about all the challenges, and God knows how it will end up. We need to move to having a far more sustainable system. Where does Ms Murphy see the road haulage sector in ten or 15...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Environmental Impact of Fiscal Instruments: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Pearse Doherty: Is the proposal in which Scania was involved in Sweden in 2016-----
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Environmental Impact of Fiscal Instruments: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Pearse Doherty: I appreciate that. I was referring to a 2 km stretch of motorway.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Environmental Impact of Fiscal Instruments: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Pearse Doherty: That is correct. My final point is on the issue of Brexit. There is increasing talk about a potential hard Brexit with the UK crashing out of the European Union if there is a no deal scenario.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Environmental Impact of Fiscal Instruments: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Pearse Doherty: If that happens, and even if there is not that type of crash, there could still be implications for the association's members where trucks would have to be checked in terms of the carriage of different types of products and so on. That would have to happen at Dublin Port and possibly at Rosslare Europort. What discussions has the association had with the port authorities? There is not the...