We said it should be kept under review.

Which is excise duty.

No, we do not.

We are against it. Answer the question.

You are doing what the Minister for Finance did yesterday. You are refusing to answer the question of the 390 businesses.

You are refusing to answer the question.

I asked-----

With respect, I asked the same question yesterday and did not get an answer-----

-----and the Tánaiste will not answer the same question today. This is supposed to be questions.

The Ceann Comhairle has nailed his colours to the mast in relation to the Whips. All of our Whips represent our groupings and parties.

Well, the Ceann Comhairle did not say that. I am glad of the clarification.

It is ridiculous.

That is what the Government is offering.

Exactly. The Taoiseach should be here.

On 1 April, the Minister and the Government increased the level of excise duty on petrol and diesel. If the Minister gets away with this plan, this increase will be followed by two further tax increases, one in August and another in October. I am sure the Minister is aware that households are still facing a cost-of-living crisis. There is a widening gap between fuel prices North and South. This has been made greater because of the increases in excise duty which the Minister has given the go-ahead to. This puts incr…

What was missing from the Minister's contribution was any acknowledgement that households are contending with a cost-of-living crisis. What a Minister for Finance who is in touch with people and communities should be doing is thinking about how to relieve the burden on families that are struggling but what the Minister did on 1 April was to increase the pressure on individuals, families and motorists. In my county of Donegal - I come from the west of the county - and in many other parts of the country, a car is not…

I think the time allowed is two minutes.

The time is allocated to the Opposition. It is two minutes and two minutes.

Okay.

The Minister said that there are lots of considerations feeding into the final price that people pay at the pump. What he did not say was that nearly 60% of what people pay to fill up their car is going to the Revenue. It goes to the State because that is the level of tax that is being applied and the Minister's plan is to increase the tax. When people stop off at a petrol station in Gweedore or in Dublin and put a litre of petrol into their car, €1 of what they pay goes to the Revenue Commissioners. The Government…