Fuel tax take ‘driving hauliers to wall’

The Government earned over €2 billion last year in excise duty on fuel alone, accounting for nearly 30% of all of the money spent on fuel in Ireland last year.

The president of the Irish Road Haulage Association, Eoin Gavin, said the tax take was driving Irish road hauliers to the wall and losing the government money.

Mr Gavin said hauliers with international fleets were engaging in “tanker tourism” and filling their tanks abroad.