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arrears with their electricity and gas bills and seven out of ten young people see their future abroad. The price of home heating oil has increased by 15% in the past two weeks, and it is up 70% on this time 12 months ago. A total … Ireland. Carbon tax must be removed from home heating oil and VAT should be reduced from 13.5% to 9%. Oil companies are making obscene windfall profits and they must be subject to a windfall profit tax. The eight largest oil companies have made $93 billion in profit

these prices. Diesel went up by 8 cent this morning and it is projected to go up by 12 cent tomorrow night. Home heating oil went up €100 this morning when it is already sky high. It has gone up by another €100 and is projected … they demand action now. There are solutions that can be put forward. The Government can reduce the taxes on petrol, diesel and home heating oil. It can do what we have set out in our legislation. This could happen right here right now. We could bring a financial

better example of that than home-heating oil. As a result of this reliance on imports, we are in a position of extreme energy insecurity, which puts us at the mercy of international oil market pricing. The surge in oil prices arising from geopolitical events has been drastic … households and businesses. An energy crisis has now contributed to what is a major cost-of-living crisis. PwC recently estimated that home-heating oil costs have surged a stunning 175% since August of 2020, one of the largest percentage increases in an essential item cost in Ireland

Europe. The Government could have chosen to deliver the maximum excise cut possible on diesel and petrol and remove excise entirely from home heating oil but it chose not to do that. Instead it chose to short-change people basically - to give with one hand and take … getting fleeced. We are talking about farmers getting fleeced while workers, drivers, bus operators and taxi drivers are still being hammered. Regarding home heating oil, the weather has taken a very cold turn today and sleet has been forecast. Two thirds of households in rural Ireland, including Wexford

that was required. People are demanding action right now. The action they need is a cut in taxes on petrol, diesel and home heating oil. The Minister talked about how the price of kerosene has gone up really high and how it is putting pressure on families … nobody yet knows what he is going to do. I bet my bottom dollar that the Government will not cut taxes on home heating oil because it is wedded to this idea that it is carbon tax and therefore it is the Holy Grail. The Government wants

welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion on home-heating oil this evening. It is an issue that matters enormously to people in my constituency of Kerry and right across rural Ireland. As I stated previously, when we talk about energy prices in this House, we have … doors open and that is extremely difficult and challenging today. In Kerry, many households are particularly exposed to the cost of home-heating oil. For those families, filling an oil tank can mean a very significant once-off expense. It is very different from receiving a monthly electricity

increase on home heating fuels and we are we are now examining different options available in relation to the cost of home heating oil ahead of the budget. We enhanced the diesel rebate scheme for hauliers and passenger transport operators. We introduced bespoke schemes to support road transport … discussions. It is important to note that the motion also fails to reflect the reality that the spikes in the price of home heating oil are not as a result of taxes or Government policy but, rather, the wholesale price of oil. The motion also fails to recognise

iomarcacha ach níl dada sa cháinaisnéis seo faoi sin. The same failure can be seen in relation to fuel. A fill of home heating oil, and I have told the Minister many times, is now over €700 dearer than it was at the start of the year … kerosene went up €45 the day before las and he has come back with a €50 reduction in the cost of home heating oil, despite the fact that he knows that with the stroke of a pen he could do four times that. He has it within

severe energy shocks to the greatest extent possible; and — the Government has the ability to cut the cost of fuel; notes that: — home heating oil has hit the highest price on record going back 30 years; — petrol and diesel are on course to exceed their highest price … have surged and families are watching the cost of filling the tank as it spirals week after week. For those relying on home heating oil - and there are 750,000 of a million of them - the situation is even worse. This is not an abstract situation. This

weeks into a crisis in which Irish households are being hammered by skyrocketing fuel prices. The cost of petrol, diesel and home heating oil has spun out of control, yet Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are absent. This is a do-nothing Government that is sitting … review right here and now. In many places, petrol is hitting €2 a litre, diesel is hitting €2.17 a litre and home heating oil is close to €900 for half a fill. These are unaffordable, crushing prices. How bad do things have to get before the Government helps

good quality of life. Straight after the budget was announced, I got loads of messages asking what was happening with the home heating oil and the carbon tax. The Government had bigged it up so much that people were expecting something that would actually make a difference … message from the Government last week. That was the message to people across the west of Ireland who have been relying on home heating oil and who have not been able to get a fill of a tank. These are people who have no oil left and have

more than 320,000 families already in energy arrears. This legislation looks to protect more than 750,000 households that rely on home heating oil by reducing the price by a whopping 2 cent per litre. That is a reduction of about €20 on fuel that now costs … almost €2,000. The Minister is taking the mick. Thousands of people in my constituency in north Kildare rely on home heating oil to heat their homes and have been left high and dry by this do nothing Government. Sinn Féin's legislation would have reduced the cost

represent, which stretches from Ballincollig to Glanmire and Ballyvolane to Mayfield, cannot afford to get involved in retrofitting. The price of home heating oil which increased by 44.6% in one year. A total of €160 in tax is taken on a fill of 1,000 litres of home … done nothing when it comes to kerosene and home heating oil. This is a short Bill. It sets out provisions for six months in respect of mineral oil tax and a zero obligation in respect of home heating kerosene. The one fault I can see is that

bhfuil an Taoiseach? I understand the Taoiseach is back in the country. He should be here taking questions. The cost of home heating oil has shot up €80 in just one month. It is a big blow. The average price for a fill of oil … elderly, who rely on oil to heat their homes. Here is the real kick in the teeth. This unaffordable cost of home heating oil has been driven up by the Government’s decisions. Some €220 of the cost of a fill of oil is already carbon

Government rakes it in with regard to additional VAT it charges on these high prices. It is not just petrol and diesel; home heating oil has skyrocketed. The price of 1,000 litres of home heating oil has gone up hundreds of euro in the last two weeks … this time. Will the Minister implement the legislation I am bringing before the House today, which removes carbon tax completely from home heating oil, a fuel that people need to keep their homes warm this winter? The Government has not removed a single cent of excise from

businesses at the moment. Seven months into this energy crisis, the Government has not removed a single cent of carbon tax from home heating oil. For rural households, particularly in my and the Minister of State's constituency of Mayo, this is devastating and unsustainable. Does the Minister … energy arrears. This is the eighth time my Sinn Féin colleague has brought forward legislation to cut the cost of home heating oil and on every occasion the Government has voted "No". The Government has voted against the people of Mayo and the wider country. Our legislation would

appointments. All of those people use fuel and nothing was done for them. Neither was anything done for people who depend on home heating oil. I know many people in my community who use home heating oil, even at this time of year. Older people and people whose … houses are very cold need to use home heating oil, but Government did nothing for them. It is simply sitting back and saying that, since the sun is shining, everything is fine. It is not fine, however. People are recognising that the Government is quite prepared to leave

last part of this I want to focus on home heating oil. As the Minister knows, the prices for home heating oil have surged by approximately 60% over the past year. It particularly affects people in rural areas and people in older houses. A lot of those people … They feel excluded from this scheme. People in those families need relief, which means reducing or removing the carbon tax on this home heating oil and reintroducing the energy credits worth at least €400 per household. They are the fairest approach. Everybody can benefit from it. Will

have the illegal Israeli-US war on Iran. This has sent energy prices, including those for petrol, other fuels and home heating oil, through the roof. These increased costs are already feeding into general inflation. The 2026 budget was predicated on a 2% inflation rate, and that rate … would wonder if this Government is real. In my view, the Government must immediately reduce the cost of petrol, diesel and home heating oil, scrap plans to increase the cost of home heating oil on 1 May 2026, immediately pay a €400 emergency winter payment and increase

pocket as petrol and diesel increased from €56 per tonne to €63.50 per tonne. Tomorrow's increase will hit people using gas, home heating oil, coal and briquettes. Household gas bills will rise by €17. The cost of home heating oil will rise … costs €160 extra for 900 l of home heating oil and 17 cent extra for a litre of petrol or diesel since the carbon tax began. Carbon tax receipts topped the €1 billion mark last year. Independent Ireland called for a freeze on carbon tax increases

will end up with no benefit at the petrol pump because petrol and diesel are going to stay the same price. On home heating oil - it has cost approximately €700 more to fill a tank of home heating oil in the past year and a half - people will … into it. You might be able to go to town, if you are lucky on and off, and buy 5 gallons of home heating oil and try to connect it to the tank. That is the way most of the people in this country are in a crisis

chur i bhfeidhm láithreach. Workers, families and businesses are under enormous unsustainable pressure from soaring fuel prices. The price of home heating oil, petrol and diesel has skyrocketed. People simply cannot afford the Government paying lip service to this situation. They need the Government … time that we have brought forward this measure and the Government has voted against it on every single occasion. The cost of home heating oil has shot up by hundreds of euro in just the past three weeks. Families are exhausted. They are sick to their back teeth

have done. In the build-up to this budget, we were told that the Government was looking to pause carbon tax on home heating oil altogether. The kites that were flown by the Government said that there would be no carbon tax on home heating oil, but today … learned there will be a measly 25% reduction in the carbon tax on home heating oil. An 89-year-old woman came to my office a couple of weeks ago. She had paid €860 for 500 litres of kerosene. That was three weeks' income for 12 weeks

will start by giving my two cents, because 2 cent is all the Government believes people who use home heating oil are worth. A scabby cut of 2 cent on home heating oil is insulting. It will save a person €20 on a fill of a tank … other. It is smoke-and-mirror tactics. The Government voted down Sinn Féin's proposals to completely remove the excise duty on home heating oil. This would have provided real, meaningful relief. Government measures are nowhere near good enough. Half measures avail us of nothing. Even before

core, this legislation recognises a reality that every Deputy here understands: hundreds of thousands of households continue to depend on home heating oil, particularly in rural Ireland. As I said, for those families home heating oil is not a luxury; it is a necessity. Then we have … waiting list for anyone who is waiting to have their home insulated or wrapped. The objective of reducing the tax burden on home heating oil deserves serious consideration here tonight. I have consistently argued that the Government must use every available lever to reduce energy costs. Following recent

retain the 9 per cent VAT rate for domestic gas and electricity but not to apply a corresponding reduced VAT rate to home heating oil, especially for households that do not have access to the gas network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68128/25

Deputy John Clendennen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his plans to offset the higher VAT rate on home heating oil for households that do not have access to the gas network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68129/25

Minister for Finance if he will outline the number of times he intends to increase the cost of petrol, diesel and home heating oil until 2030; the cost to consumers of each increase; the compounded total cost of the increase, by increase and by category

State from excise duty, carbon tax, VAT, and the NORA levy on the sale of liquid fuel products (petrol, diesel, and home heating oil) for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; and the percentage of overall exchequer revenue accounted for by receipts from excise duty, carbon

Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if hydrotreated vegetable oil for home heating will be approved for consumer use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8001/25

Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide details of all planned increases in carbon tax on petrol, diesel, marked gas oil, kerosene and other home heating fuels between now and 2030, including the scheduled date of each increase, the estimated additional annual cost to households arising from each

Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of homes currently reliant on oil (kerosene) for heating; the proportion located in rural areas without access to the natural gas grid; and the Government’s strategy for providing practical and affordable decarbonisation pathways

warmer homes scheme that forbid the funding within the scheme of minor alterations to existing gas, oil or solid fuel heating systems to facilitate the insulation of homes (details supplied). [36728/25

Environment if his Department expects the renewable heating obligation to increase energy prices for the 700,000 homes, mostly in rural Ireland, that use heating oil; if so, if there will be financial supports available to those affected by such an energy price increase; and if he will

Climate, Energy and the Environment his plans to address the particular challenges associated with decarbonising rural homes that remain dependent on oil (kerosene) and other fossil fuels for heating; and whether his Department is developing a transitional pathway for households for which immediate installation of a heat pump

Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if hydrotreated vegetable oil will be available under our clean energy transition for the heating of homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42497/25

viable decarbonisation solution for the 700,000 households using heating oil, many of whom are located in rural areas and cannot access the natural gas grid; and if he will outline the alternatives for these homes if renewable liquid fuel blending is not meaningfully increased. [25422/26

oil boiler (heating system) with a new model boiler; if funding will only be provided for second-hand boilers; and if he will accept that this proposal presents difficulties for elderly citizens, who in many cases cannot source a reliable second-hand oil boiler easily and the fact … that the design of their older homes presents challenges in moving from oil-fired boiler systems to air to water. [9252/25