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СпутникиРНSpaceXРоскосмосNASAThere are mixed views among Coalition backbenchers over next month’s planned increase
Rural Fine Gael TDs have begun lobbying Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris to stall plans to start reinstating the full rate of excise duty on fuel from next month.
There are mixed views among Coalition backbenchers over the plan, which would add 11 and 12 cent to the cost of a litre of petrol and diesel respectively.
Wicklow-Wexford Fine Gael TD Brian Brennan said he had been in direct contact with Harris, his party leader, who he said had told him that “everything is still firmly on the table”.
“There should be no increase made, it should be stalled,” Brennan said, adding that he was comfortable with the Dáil being recalled from its summer recess, if necessary, to push back the planned September 1st increase.
In response to a price surge set off by the war in Iran, and a series of protests over fuel prices, the Government cut duties on petrol and diesel by 27 and 32 cent respectively. Prices began to stabilise earlier in the summer and the Coalition set out a plan to restore the duties in four phases across the autumn and early winter.
Global oil prices have recently risen with no end in sight to the stand-off between Iran and the US over the Strait of Hormuz. Per litre costs are up by some 20 cent this month. There are concerns among Ministers that the Government could face a significant backlash if raising the duties pushes prices on the forecourt back above €2 a litre.
Fine Gael Tipperary South TD Michael Murphy said the situation had changed meaningfully since the Dáil began its summer recess. He said he would not object to the Dáil being recalled if the Government wanted to kick the planned increase to touch.
“I was very clear to the Tánaiste, I don’t think we should compound an ongoing international increase in fuel prices with an additional domestic tax increase from September 1st,” he said, adding that Harris had also told him “everything is on the table in terms of the Government response”.
Carlow-Kilkenny TD Catherine Callaghan also said she wanted to see the planned September 1st increase deferred, but had not raised it directly with Harris.
She said the planned increase was “the hot topic of conversation” in her constituency in recent days.
Fianna Fáil Galway West TD John Connolly said he trusted the Government would make the right decision. He said it would be “somewhat fraught” to proceed with the increase as it stood.
Some Coalition backbenchers struck a more cautious note: Fianna Fáil TD for Wicklow-Wexford Malcolm Byrne said the Government “won’t be in a position to protect against every increase in fuel prices and we need to be honest with citizens on this”.
He said that if fuel prices go above €2 a litre, it would be “really tough” on consumers, especially in rural areas.
“It’s not popular to say we shouldn’t throw more money at the issue but it doesn’t make economic sense and will limit budget capacity to do things we really want and need to do.”
Fine Gael Dún Laoghaire TD Barry Ward said he trusted the Government would implement a “reasonable regime” but also struck a warning chord over safeguarding tax revenues.
“I’m advocating for better SNA coverage, and the drugs scheme for Friedreich’s ataxia. How do we pay for them if not through taxation? And the more we reduce the tax base the less ability we have to provide those vital services to really vulnerable families.”
His party colleague, Kildare North TD Joe Neville, also called for a “balance between reductions in fuel costs and other cost-of-living measures, including income tax, for the budget”.
A Government spokesman said the Coalition had from the outset reserved its right to adjust its response to the Middle East conflict.
“This continues to be the case and nothing is ruled out.”
He said Harris and Taoiseach Micheál Martin are in regular contact. .
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