Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the taxation, carbon emissions and other pollutants associated with liquid petroleum gas in comparison to petrol or diesel; his plans to encourage greater use of liquid petroleum gas fuel in private cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46983/09]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) has tax advantages in comparison to petrol and auto-diesel. LPG for uses other than as a propellant has a zero rate of tax, and the propellant tax rate is currently set at the minimum permitted by the Energy Taxation Directive. The current excise duty rate on LPG used as a propellant is 6.395 cents per litre. This rate will increase by 2.464 cents to 8.859 cents per litre on foot of the carbon tax with effect from 1 May 2010. This compares with 54.32 and 44.92 cents per litre, of which 3.438 and 3.998 cents per litre relates to the carbon tax charge, for petrol and auto-diesel respectively.