Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 210: To ask the Minister for Finance the excise duty and approximate VAT charge on a litre of home heating oil in the domestic market in May 2006; the amount of excise duty and VAT included in the cost of a typical delivery of 1000 litres of home heating oil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16923/06]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the information requested as at May 2006 is set out in the following table. The information is based on a price of €651.90 for 1,000 litres of Kerosene and €650.60 for 1,000 litres of home heating Diesel (Marked Gas Oil).

The reduced VAT rate of 13.5 per cent is applied to home heating oil. In Budget 2006, I halved the excise rate for Kerosene, the primary home heating fuel, and also announced in advance that the excise on Kerosene used for home heating will be reduced to zero in next year's Budget.