Finance Bill 2026: Second Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2026-07-02
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Robert Troy (FF), Longford-Westmeath

It was a temporary measure that was introduced in response to an international energy crisis, which was one of the worst such crises since the 1970s. I am sorry but Senator Collins cannot have it both ways. She is giving out that excise is increasing and the awful impact that is going to have on families and in the same breath she is saying we did nothing by reducing it - that no family has benefited from the reduction that was introduced. Those do not align. If people did not get a benefit on day one how is it going to harm them the second day?

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Sitting date: 2026-07-02