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speaking round; not to exceed 3 hours and 34 minutes) Tuesday's private members' business shall be the Second Stage of the Home Heating Oil (Emergency Mineral Oil Tax Reduction) Bill 2026, selected by Sinn Féin. Wednesday's business shall be: - Disability (Amendment) Bill 2026 (Second Stage … members may share time; and 6. notwithstanding anything in Standing Order 177(2), the proceedings on the Second Stage of the Home Heating Oil (Emergency Mineral Oil Tax Reduction) Bill 2026 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 2 hours. In relation to Wednesday

What the Government is doing here is leaving hundreds of thousands of low-income workers who are facing astronomical increases, particularly in home heating oil, out of those targeted measures. The Government knows well that before Iran was attacked, there were 320,000 households in arrears on their … really think that a figure of €152 will get them out of the hole they are in? If you are reliant on home heating oil and have seen the price almost double, €152 will not cut it and the Government knows that. The Tánaiste can use the word

things they need to do for their families. We need to look again at the prospect of reducing the VAT rate on home heating oil from 13.5% to 9%. I have seen the strained arguments in replies to parliamentary questions recently as to why that cannot happen. Earlier … rate of 9% on gas and electricity. Further consideration needs to be given at EU level to reducing the VAT rate on home heating oil. Why can we not have a tax credit for working people to assist with energy costs? This is something proposed by the Labour

excise gone with the next price increase. The Government outright refuses to cut carbon taxes, there is no removal of excise on home heating oil at all, nothing that fundamentally changes things for ordinary households or rural communities, no real relief for workers, farmers or families … diesel to a level that makes it affordable and hold it there. Match that reduction with petrol. Remove carbon tax from home heating oil and do the same on green diesel to support our farmers and contractors

prices, making bills more expensive for workers and families. On top of that, we have carbon tax hikes on gas and home heating oil, which is the first of five increases planned by Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Independents over the coming years. There are people … keep their homes warm and spending a fortune, and the Government's answer is to jack up the cost of gas and home heating oil and to take away the energy credits. Energy credits were never the solution. They are one-off measures that are supposed

price of diesel for people and the same reduction for petrol and would have seen excise duty completely removed from home heating oil, the cost of which has nearly doubled in four weeks. What did the Tánaiste do? What did his colleagues in Fine Gael do? What … mistake and bring a financial resolution forward, as Sinn Féin have proposed, to cut excise duty to the maximum amount on home heating oil and give people real support at this time of crisis. That is what the Tánaiste should be doing

there are definite limits to what the Government has done to help people who have absolutely no choice but to use home-heating oil. Who needs heat more? We are talking about older people and those with disabilities who feel really let down. For those who can avail … sense. This is the ninth time we have put it to the Government, namely, to cut all carbon taxes and excise on home-heating oil so we can give people a small break which they deserve. These are people who work every day of the week

having on households in my constituency and others. I appreciate that people living in rural Ireland are twice as likely to use home heating oil as their main heating fuel. In fact, according to the latest CSO figures, around 26% of households in Ireland use it as their … Many of these households would be eligible for the aforementioned fuel allowance. The Government is also very conscious of those who use home heating oil but do not qualify for that payment. That is why the upcoming budget will also deliver for middle-income families. The facts

ongoing international trade disputes and tariff wars; — these events have contributed to sudden and dramatic increases in the cost of fuel, electricity, home heating oil, fertiliser, feed, transport, insurance, construction materials and essential consumer goods; — the frequency and unpredictability of such global disruptions have created major uncertainty … Value Added Tax rates; — targeted reliefs for the transport, farming, fisheries and small business sectors; — temporary reductions or waivers in commercial rates; — home heating oil and household energy supports; — supports for low- and middle-income households facing exceptional cost-of-living pressures; and — emergency liquidity and working capital

think any of us in this House can justify raising taxes or increasing the price of petrol, diesel or home heating oil on ordinary working people any further in the midst of a years-long cost of living crisis. For families across Ireland, the cost of living … live in. These are the people we need to think about when we are discussing the likes of increasing carbon taxes on home heating oil. Of course, we must take climate change seriously. Ireland needs to reduce emissions and improve energy efficiency but we cannot simply continue adding

cent reduction in the NORA levy is a drop in the ocean for homeowners and householders who are relying on home heating oil, the hundreds of thousands of people who are not going to benefit from the excise cuts, which the Social Democrats supported, and the people … suffering from the high cost of electricity and gas following the Ukraine crisis, and now the high cost of petrol, diesel and home heating oil as a result of the current war, is to provide a targeted energy support. It is unfortunate that the Government has not done

being absolutely hammered. They are facing an unrelenting cost-of-living crisis and now we see the price of petrol, diesel and home heating oil spiralling once again. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are doing nothing, absolutely nothing. They are sitting on their hands while people are being … What is the Government's answer? In a few weeks, on 1 May, it plans to increase the carbon tax on home heating oil. That will put an extra €22 on the cost of a fill. It is a tax hike people simply cannot afford. The motion before

measure is an insult to the people of Mayo who make up some of the 750,000 households that are reliant on home heating oil to keep warm or to have some hot water. We talk about rationing and the possibility of rationing into the future … morning to say how freezing cold it was. The Government could have adopted Sinn Féin's legislation to completely remove excise on home heating oil, which would have provided meaningful and immediate relief. Let us be honest about the Government's measure to extend the fuel allowance

Government does every year is deepen inequality and strengthen privilege in this State. It is truly shameful. When it comes to home heating oil, Deputy Pearse Doherty and we in Sinn Féin were outlining to the Government for a long time the need to abolish the carbon … instead benefit the highest earners. We called on the Government to do more on the price of fuel, diesel, green diesel and home heating oil. Instead, however, there are piecemeal approaches from the Government. We also proposed an energy credit of €400. We also proposed additional capital spending

doubt, if you look back at the record, that the reason the Government did not reduce any excise duty on home heating oil is because it is carbon tax, which is this Holy Grail. I really do not want to go into a discussion on that … herring, unless the Minister knows differently. The issue is that it is within his gift to take all the carbon tax off home heating oil. That is about 16 cent per litre. We charge VAT on top of the carbon tax so it would reduce the cost

amendment will deliver the maximum reduction on diesel, the same reduction on petrol and will remove completely excise duty for home heating oil - an oil that has nearly doubled in the space of four weeks and the Government plans to increase the tax on it in a couple … thing and stand up for workers, carers and small businesses, reduce the excise to the maximum amount and remove excise duty from home heating oil at this time of crisis

small businesses and ordinary working families are being hammered every time they pull into a filling station or fill the tank with home heating oil. What are they being told? They are being told that diesel costing about €2 per litre could become the new normal. I want … costs are up 8.5%. Transport costs are up 5.4% and education costs have risen by 8.9%. The CSO specifically points to rising home heating oil and electricity, rents and mortgage repayments, while higher petrol and diesel prices are adding to transport costs. Winter is approaching. Thousands of households

serious pressures families face when it comes to day-to-day issues when filling their cars with diesel or petrol or buying home heating oil. The budget is taking place in two weeks' time, and this is just political opportunism from the Deputy and her party trying … matters for further consideration for the budget in two weeks' time. We are also cognisant of the current price pressure on home heating oil, which is why that is receiving specific consideration in the context of the budget. It would be better if the Deputy just came forward

citizens. I take the point that the data shows that those living in rural Ireland are twice as likely to use home heating oil as a fuel source - as an example - as those living in larger towns and cities. According to the latest available CSO figures, around … household. The fuel allowance season has now commenced for this winter period. I am also conscious that there are those who use home heating oil who do not qualify for the payments, so the upcoming budget will consider all of these issues in the round. We would also

This is a rip-off Government. The price of petrol, diesel, home heating oil, electricity, groceries, rents, house prices and childcare are all sky-high. The Government plays a significant role in jacking up the prices on all of those. It is hitting families really hard. I know … collecting €216 million, double what it was just ten years ago. I look at the pittance the Government provides in terms of home heating oil and kerosene. Older people are sitting in the cold regularly for the want of the money to fill their tanks with kerosene

Home Heating Oil (Emergency Mineral Oil Tax Reduction) Bill 2026 targets the specific burden of the carbon tax on kerosene. Others have provided figures. I looked at a 500 litre fill, which is about 80.41 cent in carbon tax alone. When you add VAT of nearly … view of the uncertainty globally, over the next six months we have to help people who are suffering. Reducing their cost of home heating oil is one way of doing so. That is why I support the thrust of this Bill

year. Across the State, mortgages are up 10%, diesel is up over 22%, gas and electricity are up 15% to 16% and home heating oil, on which 13,500 households in Laois depend, is up in excess of 60%. Households are under serious pressure. They are all essential … carbon tax take should be reduced to ease pressure on households, including the 13,500 households in Laois, that depend on home heating oil. The Government failed in the budget; it is essential now that it take measures to ease the burden on those households

cost of energy, oil, gas and home heating oil is a huge burden on so many people. I am conscious that the Minister has been advancing a plan on energy efficiency and affordability in particular. The Minister has already started implementing some of the measures ahead of publishing … plan. One issue that is starting to bite - it is very difficult for people - is the retrofitting and home upgrade area whereby the council grant for older people has been changed so they are not able to get a grant for the oil heater. Again, this is something

arrears; — the Government is committed to five regressive carbon tax increases that will hike more cost on people that need to heat their homes with oil and gas; and — energy poverty is at record levels with one in three struggling to access this basic necessity; further notes that … increase introduced by the Government in 2025, and ensure no further increase to the carbon tax next year, including gas and home heating oil; — strengthen the mandate and powers of the CRU to hold energy companies to account, prioritise energy affordability and enhance transparency in the energy market

know what we need to see and that is cheaper petrol and diesel at the pumps. The issues of those who need home heating oil to heat their homes - about 750,000 people - need to be dealt with. However, we do not see movement from the Government