The Government has postponed an increase in the Carbon Tax from next month until October as part of new measures announced today.
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Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Tánaiste Simon Harris and junior transport minister Sean Canney unveiled the package following a week of blockades at fuel depots.
The new scheme includes the following:
– The cut in excise duty will be extended until June.
– Petrol will be reduced by 10 cent.
– Diesel will be reduced by 10 cent.
– Green diesel will be reduced by 2.4 cent, all from midnight on Tuesday.
– A fuel subsidy for farming and fisheries will also be introduced.
Martin said nobody had the right to block ports and fuel depots, and that the action had been taken by a group with a self-declared mandate.
However, already many protesters are saying that the package is not enough.
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