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

He and his father stood in a farming shed that evening in the middle of the protests. It was lambing season. The father is well beyond pension age but cannot retire because he cannot afford it. He said he and his son cannot even draw a wage from the farm now yet there is a 4 cent cut to green diesel - private jets get a 24 cent cut under Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Independents. It shows your priorities.

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