No room for further fuel excise cuts, minister warns

No room for further fuel excise cuts, minister warns

Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys described recent cuts in fuel excise duty as a wartime measure. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins Photos

There is no room for further cuts in fuel excise duty unless Europe agrees to it, the Fine Gael parliamentary party has heard.

Some within Fine Gael want the Government to suspend carbon taxes for 2022 as fuel prices continue to rise.

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