Finance Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2021-12-14
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Paschal Donohoe (FG), Dublin Central

The Senator is comparing apples with pears. We are discussing the diesel rebate scheme, which is worth €20 million. The figures the Senator has produced are the difference in taxation between diesel and petrol. That is the €400 million figure. That figure is the disparity between the taxation of diesel and petrol. It is not the diesel rebate scheme. The diesel rebate scheme is worth approximately €20 million per year. They are different.

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Sitting date: 2021-12-14