Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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64. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected in carbon tax to date in 2020. [10659/20]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by Revenue that €209.2 million was collected in Carbon Tax for the period January to May 2020. This is an increase of €20.7 million over the same period in 2019.

It is important to note that for the period January to May 2019 carbon tax was charged at €20 a tonne, while in the period January to May 2020 carbon tax on petrol and auto-diesel was charged at €26 a tonne.

The increase to €26 per tonne for other oils became effective from 1 May 2020 and will be reflected in tax receipts from June 2020.