Mayo TD calls for government to 'scrap the planned carbon tax increase'

Sinn Féin TD for Mayo, Rose Conway-Walsh, has called on the government to immediately reduce taxes on petrol, diesel, and home heating oil.

This comes following reports that the Government collected an additional €38 million in VAT as fuel prices increased following the escalation of the US-Israeli conflict with Iran in the Middle East last week.

“In the last week alone, the Government collected an additional €38 million in VAT due to rising fuel prices. At the same time, workers, families, and small businesses are being squeezed by extortionate fuel costs.

“They cannot keep ignoring the warnings from Irish hauliers and the growing pressure that soaring fuel prices are putting on people across the country.

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“They cannot keep ignoring the warnings from Irish hauliers and the growing pressure that soaring fuel prices are putting on people across the country,” she said.

The Sinn Féin TD for Mayo also stated that 'these extortionate increases simply cannot be absorbed',

“The Government must abandon its ‘wait and see’ approach and intervene now. Waiting out this major global economic shock is simply not an option for Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael.

The Sinn Féin TD for Mayo is also calling on the government to scrap the planned carbon tax increase, reduce taxes on petrol, diesel, and home heating. She is also calling for the introduction of a cost-of-living package that delivers 'real support for the workers and families hardest hit by this energy crisis."