Taoiseach admits carbon taxes will rise, but not by €3,000 per household

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said ESRI predictions that households will have to pay carbon taxes amounting to €3,000 in future years were "way off the mark", but that a regime to increase such levies was needed.

Mr Varadkar said he favoured a Canada-type model and agreed with suggestions by the Greens of gradual increases over several years possibly quadrupling carbon charges to €80 a tonne.