Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has called on government TDs to explain the excise duty increase facing motorists on 1 August. This increase, the second in three months, will see petrol rise by 4c per litre and diesel rise by 3c per litre.

Teachta Crowe said:

“Government TDs owe people in an explanation about why, in the middle of a cost of living crisis, they are happy to sit back and watch as a rise in fuel costs caused by another excise duty increase hits workers and families.

“This government has already introduced a hike in April which saw a rise in petrol by 4c per litre, and a 3c per litre rise in diesel. In the space of barely three months, motorists will have seen their fuel increase by 8c and 6c per litre respectively.

“To expect people to take these increases on the chin just shows how out of touch this government is with workers and families who are struggling with unaffordable costs.

“In April, Sinn Féin urged the government to save the public from these increases. Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Greens simply refused to listen and went ahead with another increase.”