Confidence in Government: Motion Dail Éireann — 2026-04-14 ============================================================ Paul Lawless (AON), Mayo -----outlined to the Mayo media that he was going to increase carbon tax again on 1 May. "A modest increase", is what he said, when the people were struggling. He should be listening to the people, he should be engaging with the people and he should not be blackening their name. --- Source: Houses of the Oireachtas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The Official Report is revised after first publication; the fetch timestamp below identifies the version quoted. Record URI: https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/dail/2026-04-14/debate/main Retrieved: 2026-09-21T01:01:07+00:00 Sitting date: 2026-04-14