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cent per litre for petrol until the end of October. We are also extending the temporary reduction applying to marked gas oil, or green diesel. From November onwards, the current intention is that these temporary measures will be restored on a gradual and phased basis … Indeed, as colleagues know, it does not stand alone. Since March, the Government has temporarily reduced mineral oil tax on petrol, diesel and green diesel, and has reduced the NORA levy to a nominal amount. Taken together, these measures have delivered savings or reductions to families and businesses

Ireland are still far too dependent on fossil fuels - petrol and diesel - because the programme for Government slashed expenditure on sustainable transport in favour of "roads, baby, roads"? The Tánaiste spoke of a green transition but we do not see the evidence for it in the decisions taken … struggling families. We know low-income households spend a larger proportion of their income on energy, home heating oil, petrol and diesel, but this cut in excise will only be the same for them as for everyone else. Already, more than 500,000 households are in arrears