He will make the wrong decision on 1 August, if he does the same and he will make the wrong decision again on 1 October of he decides to do it for a third time.

It needs to be scrapped and the Minister should indicate that today.

That is the point. That is what one does.

Yes, but-----

The Minister should be honest. This is not just about restoration and he knows that. He is not planning just to put it up as he did last week and as he will do again in August; he plans to put it up in October again, which is actually going further than what the amount involved was before the excise was reduced. I pointed out to him the pressure that this puts on ordinary individuals and motorists in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis. That is why it should have been kept under review. He should not have gone ah…

Thank you. I am so disappointed that the Minister for Finance would not address the issue I raised in respect of 390 business people.

I am on question No. 2. There are 390 business people and you would not answer the question as to what they are going to do when petrol and diesel are 20 cent cheaper across the Border.

You divert. It is on your watch. You are doing this deliberately.

I asked you in relation to----

You are doing this. I gave you an opportunity and you would not answer. You are pushing up the prices.

There are families relying on it.

We were honest when we asked to keep it under review.

We said to keep it under review and you know fine well. Do not be dishonest.

It is you who makes the decision.

You made the decision to jack up the price. You are making the decision to do it in August and you are planning to do it in October again, and shame on you.

You will not answer about those jobs that are dependent on this type of business.

I am asking the question but he keeps on interrupting me.

I will ask the question, with respect to the Chair.

In the past six months, we have witnessed, before our very eyes and in very real time, an unfolding genocide against the people of Gaza perpetrated by the State of Israel and its war machine. What engagement has the Minister, as a member of ECOFIN, had with colleagues in the European Union to implement a comprehensive suite of financial and economic sanctions against the State of Israel? If he has not, will he, on behalf of the Irish people, put this on the agenda of the next ECOFIN meeting?

At this moment, the State of Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war. Its depraved action is provoking famine and every person, man, woman and child is a target of this assault on human life. Israel has targeted civilians and civilian infrastructure. It has decimated homes, hospitals and schools across Gaza. It has laid waste to Gaza, including its land, infrastructure and people, and has done so with impunity. Worse still, it does so with foreign money and weapons of war. We are not bystanders. Ireland can a…