Government should scrap planned carbon tax hike, Brid Smith says

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

The Government should scrap plans to introduce a public carbon tax in the coming budget and not impose any new taxes on "ordinary citizens" until a new fuel poverty review is launched, a left-wing Dáil group says.

Solidarity-People Before Profit called for the budget switch, insisting that the only carbon taxes in the coming budget should be focused on oil and gas industry firms instead of ordinary people "forced to bear the brunt" of the costs.