Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the reported decision of the Commission on Taxation to defer consideration of carbon taxation; if so, if the commitments on this form of taxation in the Programme for Government are now defunct; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21948/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The Carbon Tax issue is being examined by the Commission on Taxation. The Commission is due to report by September 2009, at the latest. The Deputy will appreciate that how the Commission organises its work is a matter for the Commission itself.

The Programme for Government includes a commitment to introduce a carbon tax/levy over the lifetime of the Government and that remains the position.