In bringing this financial resolution before the Dáil this evening, I am proposing a 20 cent reduction in the excise rate for petrol and a 15 cent reduction on auto diesel, with a proportionate 2 cent reduction in excise on marked gas oil. Deputy Doherty's amendment seeks a 34 cent reduction in mineral oil tax on petrol and a 25 cent reduction on diesel. Last night, when the Government announced it was cutting excise duty by 15 cent and 20 cent per litre for diesel and petrol, respectively, that saving was quickly gobbled up.
They get a paltry amount for petrol and road diesel, 2 cent for the other diesel and nothing for heating oil. Everybody knows there was always 65 cent to 67 cent of excise on white diesel, as against green diesel.
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Tellers: Tá, Deputies Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and Denise Mitchell; Níl, Deputies Jack Chambers and Marc Ó Cathasaigh.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment put: | Lost | 61–71 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 7–77 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 60–73 |
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