Government backbenchers plot against carbon tax hike as energy bills soar | Newstalk

A group of Government backbench TDs are plotting a move to defer a rise in the carbon tax in a bid to help families with the rising cost of living.

In last year’s Budget the Government announced that from 1st May 2022 the tax would rise from €33.50 per tonne of carbon dioxide emitted to €41.00 per tonne.reports, a group of Fine Gael TDs will put down a motion before their parliamentary party demanding that the tax rise should be deferred.

Were such motions to pass, it would likely put the coalition’s two largest parties on a collision course with the Green party - for whom the carbon tax is viewed as an important mechanism to tackle climate change. Electricity Pylons silhouette against a dawn sky at Ringaskiddy, County Cork. Image: David Creedon / Alamy Stock PhotoThe Government has announced a €200 grant for each household towards the cost of their electricity bills. However, amid calls for more support, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar told

Are we really going to gamble on Climate Change?!? It can’t be ignored! - ‘join this deafening roar for the planet --‘

CO2 is not visible....Does not come out of chimney black.... Global emissions...

I think the carbon tax has always hit the most vulnerable hardest and should be scrapped. Billionaire polluters pay the least for causing the most damage e g all the oil companies.

This is what the D4 types think of the rest of us

The current crisis simply proves that people shouldn't be using fossil fuels and that taxes designed to discourage use of them should be regarded in that light.

'collision course with the Green party - for whom the carbon tax is viewed as an important mechanism to tackle climate change' are we really expected Ireland doing this will tackle climate change ffs?

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