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Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Johnny Mythen: As the Minister will be very much aware, people are battling with the cost of living, inflation, higher mortgage rates, higher rents and higher energy costs, while fuel prices have risen by 30% in the past three years. That is not including the further charges the Government will introduce. Tomorrow the Government will increase the price of fuel for households. It will do so again in less...

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Dessie Ellis: As many commuters have found to their cost, having to rely on public transport in Ireland, in Dublin in particular, is very challenging. A great number of people rely on public transport to get to their place of work, to university or to college. Often, however, they are faced with unpredictable delays, insufficient coverage, capacity issues and accessibility challenges for mothers with...

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Gerald Nash: Labour fully supports the motion for several reasons. With the increases in fuel duty brought in on 1 April and those planned in August and October, the Government is wilfully piling straws on a straining camel's back as working people in this country continue to struggle with the cost of living. The wording of the motion gets it right: "the Government chose to increase the price of petrol...

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We will now go to Deputy Mitchell who is sharing time with her colleagues Deputies Farrell, Crowe, Mythen and Ellis.

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Denise Mitchell: The increase to the price of petrol and diesel is penalising ordinary workers and families. The average working family continues to struggle with the cost-of-living crisis, and while inflation has eased, the cost of basic necessities still remains sky-high. Fuel prices have risen by more than 30% in recent years and if all three of the Government's price hikes go ahead, the price of petrol...

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Mairead Farrell: If these price increases tell us absolutely anything about the Government, it is that it is completely and utterly tone deaf to the reality for people across this State. People are already struggling. The cost-of-living crisis is still here. People are facing huge challenges every day because of it. What is the Government's response to that? It increases the price of petrol and diesel,...

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Seán Crowe: I do not think anyone can legitimately stand up and say that the climate crisis is not one of the greatest threats we face but we cannot wrap up measures like this as some sort of action against climate change. It is just another tax hike on commuters and their families. The public transport network has been expanded but it is still a long way from where it should be. The rail network is...

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Johnny Guirke: Over the past few years we have witnessed a steep and relentless climb in fuel prices, a trend that has become a significant contributor to the deepening poverty among our people. It is a punishing reality that those who use the road to earn their living by car, van, tractor or lorry are met with the harsh penalty of soaring fuel costs amid an already crippling cost-of-living crisis. The...

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Michael McGrath: I move: To delete all the words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "notes that: — the volatility in fuel prices experienced now and over the last two years is due to a variety of geopolitical issues, including conflict in the Middle East and Ukraine, none of which the Government has control or influence over; — crude oil is an internationally...

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank my colleague, Deputy Doherty, for bringing forward this motion. Duty increases on petrol and diesel are a huge concern for my constituents in north County Dublin. We have debated the lack of a reliable bus service in this House many times. The Government has not provided people with a reliable bus service. They have no choice but to be in their car and they are getting creased yet...

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: The planned increases on taxing fuel are not sensible or fair. Fuel prices have risen a staggering 30% over the past three years. If the Government proceeds with its proposals, these tax hikes will result in Irish households paying among the highest prices for fuel in Europe. Once again, Ireland is an outlier for all the wrong reasons and the Government has done absolutely nothing to get...

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: It is hard to fathom, when diesel and petrol prices are higher than they have been for years, when we have seen a 30% increase in costs in the last three years and when, since January, there has been a 13 cent per litre increase in the price of petrol and a 9 cent per litre increase in the price of diesel, that the Minister chose to increase that further on 1 April and to increase it again...

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister will know that the worst affected sector of the economy since Brexit has been the fishing community. The losses have been devastating. It in not just the offshore sector. The National Inshore Fishermen’s Association has been before the joint committee and in the audiovisual room to make presentations on the serious crisis in the industry. Fishermen have repeatedly...

Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle. I did not think I would get in but I am delighted to speak on the Bill today. This is a difficult and trying issue on which we have around the Houses, with investigations over the decades. I have often said how sad it was that people were put into these homes. To hear the stories related today in the Chamber is also sad. I had a lovely...

Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We must adjourn the debate. The Deputy's group will have 17 minutes remaining when it resumes. The clock is wrong.

Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Debate adjourned.

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — AA Ireland's latest monthly Fuel Price Survey has reported a surge in petrol and diesel prices over the recent period; — these are the highest prices reported in 2024, with almost a 13 cent increase in petrol and a 9 cent increase in diesel since January 2024; and — fuel prices have risen by more than 30 per cent...

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: We have brought to the Minister a motion to ensure a level of fairness for people who are suffering the huge impact of the cost-of-living crisis, in particular, people living in rural areas who have to travel to work and often have long distances to travel because they have no other option. People are being burdened with increasing fuel prices. The two increases to come this year will push...

Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important issue. It is tough for everybody to try to grapple with what happened in the past. When the Government brought in the redress scheme for mothers and babies homes, it built things into the relevant Bill that created division. It included a timeframe requirement whereby people had to have spent six months in a mother and baby home before...