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Motion to axe carbon tax defeated in the Dáil 
TD’s have voted against a motion to “axe the carbon tax” put forward by independent TD for Cork south-west, Deputy Michael Collins and his Rural Independent Group colleagues. According to Deputy Collions, the motion it would have put over €1,120 back into family-farms’ pocket, but the motion was defeated in the Dáil by 77 to 58 votes.   TDs from Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, the Green Party and the Social…
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Carbon tax on green diesel the real reason driving agri fuel increases
Sinn Féin agriculture spokesperson Matt Carthy TD has called out the 2c per litre excise cut to agricultural diesel as “minimal and insufficient”. He said this comes at a time when “input costs are pushing them to the brink, and farmers and contractors will be astounded to learn that the reduction will be undone after just seven weeks if the carbon tax hike goes ahead on 1 May”. Carthy was…
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