Paul McGrath
Ceist:95 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if, when an announcement is made regarding an increase in excise duty on motor fuels effective from a date, retailers of those fuels are entitled to increase the prices from that date; if wholesale suppliers can increase the price from that date; the situation with the multinational oil companies and the stocks which they hold; and when duties and tax become liable on those stocks. [24135/02]