Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon is to raise farm sector concerns over escalating energy costs at a high-level Government energy crisis meeting convened by Taoiseach Micheál Martin for Wednesday morning.
The meeting comes after slow-moving protests over rising fuel costs brought traffic to a standstill across many key motorway junctions across the country on Tuesday, heaping pressure on Government to ease the cost impact on workers and businesses.
“This morning I will be attending a specially convened energy meeting called by the Taoiseach on the current fuel challenges across the State,” Minister Heydon said.
“I will be representing the agricultural sector at this meeting and will be highlighting the challenges caused by the crisis across the entire farming sector, its outputs and food production.”
Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris, Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien and Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke are also to attend the Wednesday meeting.
Energy security
Last weekend, the Tánaiste referred to the “energy crisis that we are living through now” as “the worst the world has ever seen”.
The immediate priority of Government was to “take stock from an energy supply, energy security point of view”, Harris said adding that the crisis is “not 2008” and that “the economy is in a strong position”.
“At this stage, it would be premature, it would be foolish to rule anything in or out. We have to take things step by step,” he said.
Government temporarily reduced the excise rates levied on motor fuel and suspended the collection of NORA levies in March in a bid to help ease the impact of the price surge on consumers.
While the changes to these duties took between 17 and 22c/l off white diesel and petrol, they shaved just 5c/l off the cost of green diesel.
The price of green diesel had soared by 66c/l in the three weeks before these duty measures were announced.
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Mere 5c/l tax cut to green diesel is an ‘insult’, as prices surge 67% in weeks
Fuel price protests see traffic disruption on major road networks
Watch: fuel price protest reaches O’Connell Street in Dublin
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon is to raise farm sector concerns over escalating energy costs at a high-level Government energy crisis meeting convened by Taoiseach Micheál Martin for Wednesday morning.
The meeting comes after slow-moving protests over rising fuel costs brought traffic to a standstill across many key motorway junctions across the country on Tuesday, heaping pressure on Government to ease the cost impact on workers and businesses.
“This morning I will be attending a specially convened energy meeting called by the Taoiseach on the current fuel challenges across the State,” Minister Heydon said.
“I will be representing the agricultural sector at this meeting and will be highlighting the challenges caused by the crisis across the entire farming sector, its outputs and food production.”
Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris, Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien and Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke are also to attend the Wednesday meeting.
Energy security
Last weekend, the Tánaiste referred to the “energy crisis that we are living through now” as “the worst the world has ever seen”.
The immediate priority of Government was to “take stock from an energy supply, energy security point of view”, Harris said adding that the crisis is “not 2008” and that “the economy is in a strong position”.
“At this stage, it would be premature, it would be foolish to rule anything in or out. We have to take things step by step,” he said.
Government temporarily reduced the excise rates levied on motor fuel and suspended the collection of NORA levies in March in a bid to help ease the impact of the price surge on consumers.
While the changes to these duties took between 17 and 22c/l off white diesel and petrol, they shaved just 5c/l off the cost of green diesel.
The price of green diesel had soared by 66c/l in the three weeks before these duty measures were announced.
Read more
Mere 5c/l tax cut to green diesel is an ‘insult’, as prices surge 67% in weeks
Fuel price protests see traffic disruption on major road networks
Watch: fuel price protest reaches O’Connell Street in Dublin
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