The Government has been urged to explain exactly how it spent more than €3bn worth of carbon tax income over the past decade amid fears that this year's €6 carbon tax budget hike will fail to be spent on climate matters.

After the attack on the Saudi Arabian oil processing facility, prices were expected to rise and the AA say that it could have been worse for consumers.

As part of widely-flagged plans, Fine Gael intends to increase the carbon tax in next month's budget

There is a call for funding raised from existing and new carbon taxes to be ringfenced to support businesses trying to cut emissions.

Taxpayers could be faced with a €7bn carbon emissions bill over the next decade.

Increasing tax on fossil fuels will disproportionately hurt low-income earners, single-parent families and rural dwellers unless the revenue generated by it is carefully shared out, new research shows.

The European Commission has put down an early marker as Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe plans his autumn budget, recommending the Government cut back on tax reliefs, introduce more taxes such as carbon and reduce fossil fuel subsidies, and to continue reforms of the country’s corporate tax regime that has led to the exchequer tapping huge windfalls from multinationals.

Richard Bruton told the Dáil that people must recognise that there will not be Government funding for all the changes that we need to make.

Ireland is reaching targets in relation to available water, economic productivity and carbon emissions coming up to 2030 but falls down when it comes to areas like smoking and access to education, according to a major report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Carbon taxes on fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal could reach up to €265 per tonne in the next 30 years, Climate Action Minister Richard Bruton has warned.

In the past few weeks we have seen both the threat, and then the deferral, of two taxes. Though very different in appearance, were either primarily designed to raise money?

Carbon tax hikes every year will be considered after an energy report warned that a third of all electricity demand here in future is set to come from data centres and large energy users.

People on lower salaries will be worst affected by an increase to the carbon tax, according to Social Justice Ireland.

Construction firm BAM expects to save 135 tonnes of carbon over the next five years, following installation of a new energy efficient LED lighting system by eLIght.

Mary Lou McDonald insists carbon taxes are not the solution to tackling climate change.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said there is “absolutely no chance” of a four-fold increase in carbon taxes in the next budget.

A fourfold increase in carbon taxes is “on the table” for the forthcoming budget, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has declared.

Our world is changing. You, like me, may have been doing you’re darndest to look the other way and pretend it’s not.

The introduction of carbon taxes in this year’s budget will not leave households worse off, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said.

The Government has been criticised over plans to spend €5 million on diesel buses.

The government is to increase carbon taxes between now and 2030.

The government is considering carbon taxes ahead of the Budget as it revealed further details today on the measures it plans to introduce as part of the Ireland 2040 environment plan.

Carbon taxes, an end of subsidies for peat extraction, and a tax on greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture are some of the recommendations made by the Citizens’ Assembly.

Social care workers are being kicked, punched, and spat at, with a culture developing where violence is accepted as part of the job.

Age Action Ireland has called on the Government to divert the extra money it will get from this Thursday’s hike in tax on solid fuels to protect vulnerable pensioners.

Environment Minister's announced the Carbon Tax is likely to be applied to solid fuels here by next Spring.

Green Party leader John Gormley has said that the Government will honour a promise to compensate poorer people suffering because of the increase in fuel costs as a result of the carbon tax.

The Consumers Association has today called for the suspension of the carbon tax.

Energy Minister Eamon Ryan today announced that he will shortly be introducing a Carbon Windfall Levy on electricity generators.

The Government has insisted emergency assistance will be made available to anyone with difficulty making fuel payments when the carbon levy comes into effect this weekend.

The Government is being accused of reneging on a promise to introduce an allowance to assist low income families deal with the new carbon tax.

The Chambers of Commerce of Ireland (CCI) today welcomed the Government decision not to introduce a tax on carbon emissions.

Business groups have welcomed the Government’s decision to abandon its plans to introduce carbon taxes in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The Green Party has criticised the Government’s decision to abandon the planned introduction of carbon taxes next year.

Transport Minister Seamus Brennan has revealed that the Government is examining alternative ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions after abandoning its plans to introduce carbon taxes.

The Government has reportedly abandoned its plan to introduce carbon taxes in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.