The Consumers Association of Ireland is calling on the Government to think again before re-imposing excise duty on petrol and diesel next Thursday.
An addition 6 cent will be put on a litre of petrol while five cent will be added to a litre of diesel to reverse the cost of living measures imposed in March of last year.
Further increases in fuel excise will be announced in September and later in the year.
Chairman of the Consumers Association, Michael Kilcoyne, says the increases don't make sense after the Government predicted a budget surplus of eight billion Euro for 2023:
"At a time when government talks about the amount of revenue they have, they again go after the higher pressed consumer to extract further taxations of them, and I would call on them to defer this to at least the end of the year. Six cents on a litre of petrol, five cents on a litre of diesel is a lot of money. Because in country areas, there is no public transport. They have to have a car".
