Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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187. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the price of home heating oil (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5532/14]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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Fuel prices are driven by a number of factors including the price of oil on international markets, exchange rates, production costs and refining costs. The fluctuation in oil prices over recent years reflected additional factors such as geopolitical uncertainty in Northern Africa and the Middle East with potential supply disruptions.

As Minister for Finance I have no jurisdiction or control over market pricing of fuel.  I have responsibility only for the tax element of fuels. The tax applicable to marked kerosene and marked gas oil used at home heating oils at present are as follows: