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Fuel Rebate Scheme

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 16 January 2013

Wednesday, 16 January 2013

Questions (91, 99, 111, 114, 118, 119, 120, 121, 126, 133, 136, 137, 138, 147, 148, 150, 218)

Mattie McGrath

Question:

91. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the auto-diesel relief for licensed road hauliers measures introduced in Budget 2013 to all passenger transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1733/13]

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Michael Lowry

Question:

99. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the terms of the fuel rebate as introduced in Budget 2013; if this rebate will apply to passenger transport companies as well as hauliers; if his attention has been drawn to the hardship being caused as a result of this uncertainty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57926/12]

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Robert Troy

Question:

111. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance if he will extend the excise rebate on diesel to passenger transport companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58039/12]

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Willie O'Dea

Question:

114. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Finance if passenger transport companies are to be included in the fuel rebate scheme and that the rebate will be at the 13c per litre level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58045/12]

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Tom Fleming

Question:

118. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Finance if he will extend the Budget excise rebate on diesel to passenger transport companies to ensure the survival of these companies that have been negatively impacted upon and many jobs shed in recent years due to the high cost of diesel and which is a huge proportion of overhead costs; and if he will facilitate the rebate to this industry in the context of the Finance Bill (details supplied). [58116/12]

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Robert Troy

Question:

119. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance if he will ensure passenger companies are included in the rebate scheme when the Finance Bill is published; and if he will ensure that the rebate is at the 13c per litre level. [58144/12]

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Dominic Hannigan

Question:

120. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the proposed excise rebate on diesel to passenger transport companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58190/12]

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Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Question:

121. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that the excise rebate on diesel announced in Budget 2013 will include passenger transport vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58203/12]

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Willie O'Dea

Question:

126. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the excise rebate on diesel announced in Budget 2013 to bus and coach companies in the forthcoming Finance Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1045/13]

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John McGuinness

Question:

133. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance if he will extend the fuel rebate scheme to cover coach and bus operators; the reason this sector was not included in the Budget day announcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1117/13]

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Jerry Buttimer

Question:

136. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Finance if passenger transport companies will be included in the rebate scheme when the Finance Bill is published and if the rebate will be 13 cent per litre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1178/13]

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Michael McCarthy

Question:

137. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance if a person needs to be in possession of a haulage licence in order to qualify for the fuel rebate measure introduced for hauliers in Budget 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1209/13]

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Denis Naughten

Question:

138. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Finance if the proposed fuel rebate scheme will be extended to vehicles used for the carriage of passengers of category M2 or category M3 as defined in Council Directive 70/156/EEC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1222/13]

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Pat Deering

Question:

147. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Finance if he will he include owners and operators of buses and coaches in the diesel rebate system proposal. [1369/13]

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Finian McGrath

Question:

148. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the rebate to bus and coach companies in the context of the Finance Bill. [1390/13]

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Dara Calleary

Question:

150. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance the reason the excise rebate on diesel is not being extended to the passenger transport sector; if this decision is in compliance to EU Law; and if he will review the Budget decision by providing for the rebate to be extended to the transport passenger sector in the forthcoming Finance Bill. [1404/13]

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Billy Timmins

Question:

218. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the fuel relief on our school transport, to our health services and to our rural transport services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1960/13]

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Written answers

I propose to take Questions Nos. 91, 99, 111, 114, 118 to 121, inclusive, 126, 133, 136 to 138, inclusive, 147, 148, 150 and 218 together.

The proposal to introduce an auto-diesel excise duty relief for licensed road hauliers that I announced in the Budget is confined to licensed and tax compliant hauliers. However, I have received a number of submissions from, and on behalf of, private coach operators and groups representing unlicensed hauliers seeking to have this relief extended to them. I will consider these proposals and the level of the rebate in the context of the Finance Bill. It is worth noting that one of key arguments for introducing a rebate for the haulage industry is the fact that a large quantity of fuel purchased by this industry is purchased abroad thus generating no tax revenue for the State. A rebate should encourage hauliers to start purchasing their fuel in Ireland thus offsetting some of the costs involved such an argument does not exist for the most part for the coach industry or for other unlicensed hauliers.

The fuel rebate scheme proposed is governed by the terms of Council Directive 2003/96/EC of 27 October 2003 which limits its application to auto diesel used in defined categories of road vehicles. I will be informing the European Commission of the rebate measure once it is introduced.

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