Households pay more than half of €5.5bn in environmental taxes collected last year

Excise duty on hydrocarbon oils such as petrol, road diesel, and marked gas oil was the main source of revenue. File photo

The Government collected €5.5bn in environmental taxes, with households footing over half the bill, new figures have shown.

The Central Statistics Office said environment taxes rose by 11% last year, the highest amount recorded since it first began compiling these statistics a decade ago.