Government shelves planned 10c diesel and 9c petrol excise increases

The Government is to recall the Dáil as plans to increase excise duty on fuel in September and October have been put on ice.

TDs will gather in Leinster House for a single day to vote on a financial resolution to delay the excise increases, with Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy summoning them in a letter issued on Friday evening.

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