Speeches: 12 April 2026

We are in government, we're not in government just for the fun of it, we're in here to make a difference and to make sure that this government which is working very coherently continues to do that in the face of all the challenges we have externally and geopolitically and we will continue to do that.

It means in the round between the March announcement that we're extending out to July and the enhancement to that announcement tonight, we as a government will have cut taxes on petrol by 27 cent a litre, on diesel by 32 cent a litre and on marked gas oil by 7.4 cent a litre plus the very specific package for users of green diesel as well.

I'm going to vote confidence in myself because I'm confident of the work that I'm doing for people in Kerry.

The package we have agreed today is a significant response to real pressures being felt here and globally.

Nobody has a right to blockade our country.

So we're extending excise reductions through to the end of July, cutting petrol and diesel again.