Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax
Dail Éireann — 2026-04-14
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Pearse Doherty (SF), Donegal

I move amendment No. 1:
In paragraph (1)—
(a) in subparagraph (a)—
(i) by the substitution of the following for the row dated 15 April 2026:
“
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and
(ii) by the deletion of the rows dated 1 August 2026 to 1 May 2030,
and
(b) by the deletion of subparagraph (b).”.
When I stood at the protests right across this State with the ordinary Irish people, I pledged to them I would have their back. I told them that I would fight their corner and I am not going to let them down. That is exactly what we are doing here today. We are the only party in the Dáil tabling an amendment to the Government's proposal that would actually reduce the cost of petrol and diesel and end the carbon tax on green diesel and the same on home heating oil. That is the type of leadership and action people at the protests - ordinary people the length and breadth of this State - have told me they are demanding and need. We are not going to accept half measures. We did not accept the half measures from the Government the last time. Simon Harris stood there and he sneered at me. He said we were on our own and isolated. Well, by God, Simon, you got your answer because the people of Ireland were right behind us and they were calling you and your party out for your inaction over and over again. They forced you into the situation where you are today, a place you did not want to be but you still ignore them, insult them, look down at them, sneer and jeer at them. That is what you are doing. You spoke for ten minutes earlier on and you spoke again but not once did you recognise the hardship facing ordinary Irish people across this State-----

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