Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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58. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on carbon tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19582/13]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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The carbon tax has been in place for all fuels other than solid fuels since 2010. As I was aware of the potential impact on lower income households, I chose not to introduce the carbon tax on solid fuels until after this winter period and I opted to introduce the tax in two phases i.e. €10 per tonne of CO2 from 1 May 2013 and a further €10 per tonne of CO2 from 1 May 2014 thus bringing the carbon tax on solid fuels in line with that on all other fossil fuels i.e. at €20 per tonne of CO2. The net effect of the €10 carbon tax from 1 May 2013 will be approximately €1.20 on a 40kg bag of coal and 26 cents on a bale of briquettes.