Confidence in Government: Motion
Dail Éireann — 2026-04-14
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Pearse Doherty (SF), Donegal

That is not leadership; that is arrogance. That is a Government that is out of touch. What are people being asked to have confidence in? A package that still does not make fuel affordable. A 10-cent cut in 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 and no support at all for disabled people. This is not a solution; it is a holding operation designed to contain the anger, not solve the problem. Do you know something? People see right through it.
Let me say what would actually build confidence. Cut excise on 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-----

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Sitting date: 2026-04-14