Michael Mullins (Fine Gael)

People will, eventually, see through this. Many in rural Ireland have already paid as much as the household and septic charges in coming to Dublin to protest about them and they will still have to pay them.

I must correct my good friend, Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh, on something he said about our debate on the Finance Bill. I raised the issue of tax on fuels and raise it again today. As the cost of fuel increases, can a cap be put on the level of excise duty levied by the Government? Given the decreasing tax base, I know this is a difficult issue.