Ministers won’t bite the bullet on fuels tax

THE rejection by Government ministers Noel Dempsey and Dick Roche of the ESRI recommendations on the introduction of carbon tax on fuels is alarming.

These ministers obviously think they are more expert in matters economic than the ESRI, whose stated mission is to produce high quality research relevant to Ireland’s economic and social development.

If this is indeed the case, then there is no further need for the work of the ESRI, and so it should be dissolved with all monies saved redirected to more worthwhile projects.