Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 December 2009
113 Deputy Ciarán Cuffe asked the Minister for Finance his views on the taxation, carbon emissions and other pollutants associated with liquid petroleum gas in comparison to petrol or diesel; his plans to encourage greater use of liquid petroleum gas fuel in private cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46983/09]
View answerLiquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) has tax advantages in comparison to petrol and auto-diesel. LPG for uses other than as a propellant has a zero rate of tax, and the propellant tax rate is currently set at the minimum permitted by the Energy Taxation Directive. The current excise duty rate on LPG used as a propellant is 6.395 cents per litre. This rate will increase by 2.464 cents to 8.859 cents per litre on foot of the carbon tax with effect from 1 May 2010. This compares with 54.32 and 44.92 cents per litre, of which 3.438 and 3.998 cents per litre relates to the carbon tax charge, for petrol and auto-diesel respectively.
