Paschal Donohoe told to raise duty on diesel, axe the farming fuel subsidy and hike the local property tax

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  1. Experts don’t live in reality at all. If the farming community in my area were to take any more hits then a lot of local sme’s would finish.

  2. Also what did happen to the 697 million electric Ireland made in profits last year? I thought they were state owned and then the money should have gone back into the system….

  3. Why does this feel like a rage bait kite being flown…

    Have the committees rec.s be as extreme as possible so that any smaller move by government in upcoming budget is seen as reasonable

  4. >There are about 100 recommendations in the report which has gone to Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe.

    >It will not form part of Budget 2023 next month.

  5. > It sees any changes it recommends being implemented over a number of years, with most changes not taking effect until the 2030s.

    I mean at least it makes sense as a ten year strategy – the government obviously needs to look at fossil fuel subsidies and push the general public towards renewable energy alternatives over the next couple of decades. That headline is just click bait.

  6. MORE tax on diesel?

    The important take away for everyone is that FG / FF / SF don’t make a shit of a difference. It’s gonna be the same civil servants controlling everything. All these increased prices for us are to pay for the fucking pay rise they are striking for.

  7. “But it sees any changes it recommends being implemented over a number of years, with most changes not taking effect until the 2030s.”

    Might be just a dramatic headline and these recommendations are dependant on changing global markets (Ukraine war ends and fuel prices normalise)

  8. If all this shit is true, at the rate this is going down hill, the offer myself and my wife out on a house recently will have to be taken back. We won’t be able to afford all the price hikes.

  9. That’s Dublin shut down by tractors post-budget so.

    Everyone else should use that opportunity to pile in and join them.

  10. What exactly is any of this going to achieve without offering viable solutions? I’m all for going into renewables, the planet is truly fucked if nothing is done, but taxing us to the hilt is the only thing these fuckwits ever do. A load of rentals are oil heating so tenants are screwed and with those who own their own older houses I’d imagine a lot don’t have enough to get it replaced. I don’t know anyone with their own house that can afford to install solar panels. It’s a huge amount in one lump to pay out even if it is cheaper in the long run and even with the grants. Same with Electric cars. They’re expensive and there’s not enough charging areas for them, especially in rural Ireland. Hybrid is OK but it’s still not the perfect solution as it still needs fossil fuels.

  11. Green Party at their finest. The world is melting….more taxes. Floods….more taxes. Snails endangered….believe it or not, taxes.

  12. We’re on the verge of a recession and caught in the midst of a war on the edge of Europe thats strangling fuel supply and this is the point this “expert” group says lets raise taxes?

    How blind and isolated from reality would you be to either implement this or to not look at what impact these changes would make to the current marketplace?

    This is total insanity.

  13. “Expert” group? Who exactly are they? Some of the suggestions aren’t too bad, like a hike on 2nd/holiday homes, but some of the other stuff is pure madness. Hiking LPT will just piss people off, and honestly will just drive people to vote for Sinn Fein. We are in the midst of a cost of living crisis, how stupid can this “expert” group be exactly?

    People are barely surviving as it is.

    Also, the sole instrument for saving the environment, can’t just be tax everyone in oblivion ffs. Surely they need a carrot and stick approach. Create a national plan to upgrade everyones homes, and all other buildings. Put solar panels where ever possible etc. Raising taxes can’t be the only solution.

  14. good, property is an asset and should be taxed higher, will remake those oldies think how much they really want their house to be overvalued by.

  15. All of this stuff boils down to collecting more tax. More tax for more government schemes. I’d like to hear from politicians who had ideas that involved collecting less tax.

  16. In fairness how else is he supposed to pay benifits for the hundreds of thousands who won’t work. That’s not a shit stirring statement by the way, just another fact of our entitled benift driven society

  17. The same thing is going to happen in every country that’s serious about climate change. The government is providing massive grants for converting houses to heat pumps. New ICE cars will be banned. When there is enough alternatives in place governments around the world are going to tax the shit out of fossil fuels usage.

  18. > There were 66,135 unoccupied holiday homes on Census night in April so any move to adopt that proposal would have implications for large numbers of homeowners.

    A generation spoiled by the Celtic Tiger now making our lives more difficult to ensure their pensions are funded…

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