Michael Kitt (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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140. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any proposals to impose extra taxes or levies on briquettes or turf; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19988/13]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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Budget 2013 provided for the extension of carbon tax to all solid fuels supplied in the State. This will take effect from 1 May 2013. Solid fuel is defined under section 77 of the Finance Act 2010, as amended and means coal or peat. Coal is further defined to include coal and lignite, solid fuel manufactured from coal and lignite, and any other energy product within the meaning of Article 2.1 of Council Directive 2003/96/EC of 27 October 2003 in solid form. Peat means peat falling within CN Code 2703 of the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities referred to in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2658/87 of 23 July 1987, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2031/2001 of 6 August 2001 and includes any solid fuel manufactured from peat. This covers peat briquettes and turf.