21/09/2026
โฌ๐ฎ.๐ญ๐ฏ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ป.โฝ๏ธ
For families living in rural areas like ours, driving isnโt a luxury. For many, itโs the only realistic way to get to work, take children to school, attend medical appointments or simply do the weekly shop.
Yet a huge percentage of what we pay every time we fill the tank goes straight to the Government in taxes, duties and levies.
At a time when diesel is selling locally for around โฌ๐ฎ.๐ญ๐ฏ a litre, that level of taxation is increasingly difficult to justify.
And it doesnโt stop at the pump. Higher fuel costs feed into the cost of farming, deliveries, trades, local businesses and ultimately the price of the goods we all buy.
The Government has already shown it can reduce fuel taxation when prices become unsustainable. It should go further.
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐
๐ผ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐น, ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐บ.
Rural communities like Inishowen shouldnโt be disproportionately hit simply because we donโt have the transport alternatives available elsewhere.
โฌ2.13 a litre is enough. Cut the tax on fuel. โฝ๏ธ๐
Image: Irish Petrol Retailers Association (IPRA)
๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐น ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐. ๐ฅ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐๐. ๐๐'๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐
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Pรกdraig Mac Lochlainn TD
Charlie McConalogue
Micheรกl Martin
Simon Harris TD
Darragh O'Brien TD
