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last year. Figures released to me in recent days show that the Climate Action Fund, the fund into which moneys from the NORA levy are paid, is in surplus by €250 million, even though it has effectively been reduced significantly since April. The Government wants to reintroduce … NORA levy in six weeks, even though, despite it having had a significant reduction over the last five months, that fund is in surplus by over €250 million. It is time that the spin and the rhetoric end. The Government is not in danger of running the accounts

scheme. We have funded payments to farmers, farm contractors and the fishing sector under the fuel income support scheme. We have reduced the NORA levy. We also extended the winter heating season by four weeks, increasing the total yearly payment to €1,216. The Government recognises the exceptional … with a view to providing adequate and targeted supports. The Government reduced the tax on MGO by 5.4 cent a litre, and the NORA levy by another 2 cent per litre. On top on that, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine implemented a comprehensive €100 million

payments to farmers, farm contractors and fishers under the Fuel Income Support Scheme; and — a reduction in the National Oil Reserves Agency (NORA) Levy; — it is not possible to offset all of the increases in energy prices, which are driven by market factors, using the tax system; further … hauliers and passenger transport operators. We introduced bespoke schemes to support road transport operators, farmers, farm contractors and fishers. We also reduced the NORA levy. It is for this these reasons that the Government will not accept the Independent Technical Group’s motion. I am happy to have

already temporarily reduced the mineral oil tax applying to petrol, auto diesel and marked gas oil, MGO. Inclusive of the reduction in the NORA levy, these changes save consumers and businesses 27 cent per litre of petrol, 32 cent per litre of auto diesel and 7.4 cent

rebate scheme for hauliers and passenger transport operators. We have supported road transport operators, farmers, farm contractors and fishers. We have reduced the NORA levy. We extended the fuel allowance season by four weeks from 28 to 32 weeks, with the weekly rate increased from

payments to farmers, farm contractors and to fishers under the fuel income support scheme. It has also reduced the National Oil Reserves Agency, NORA, levy. However, nobody should forget that the work of that agency is to ensure that Ireland has adequate oil reserves. In these uncertain times

Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the total amount of funding transferred from the NORA levy to the Climate Action Fund (CAF) in each of the years from 2020 to 2025; the projected transfer for 2026; the total annual expenditure drawn down