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Tánaiste Indicates Carbon Tax Cuts On Home-Heating Oil

Photo: Rolling News

It comes as Budget 2027 will be announced on 6 October

The Finance Minister has indicated the carbon tax on home-heating oil will be cut in the upcoming budget.

It comes as Budget 2027 will be announced on 6 October.

The cost of filling a standard kerosene tank has risen to more than €1,600 euro, almost 80 percent higher than a year ago.

Around €160 of that is carbon tax.

Over 700,000 households across the country still use oil as their main source of central heating.

Simon Harris had been meeting with a group representing truck drivers ahead of next month's budget announcement earlier today

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