2 Noll 2014, 12:03
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and Communications will tomorrow meet with Officials from the Revenue Commissioners on the likely prevalence of the practice of petrol stretching and how the issue might be addressed.
2 December 2014
Petrol stretching involves the adding of kerosene to petrol and recent reports indicate that Revenue has received about many complaints in relation to the practice so far this year.
Chairman of the Committee John O’Mahony TD says: “Fuel laundering has been a longstanding concern for this Committee, having called for a coordinated and vigorous response from State agencies to tackle the problem in an October 2012 report. Tomorrow, we will have an opportunity to hear from the Revenue Commissioners on the specific issue of petrol stretching, a practice which is suspected of leaving many drivers, in Border, Midlands and Western counties in particular, with huge repair bills from damaged engines. While we understand the that potential revenues from petrol stretching are much less than from diesel laundering, the Committee will be keen to assess the risk to the consumer and the Exchequer from these worrying trends.”
The meeting takes place tomorrow Wednesday 3 December at 10:15 am in Committee Room 4, LH 2000. The meeting can be viewed online here.
Committee proceedings can also be viewed on the move, through the Houses of the Oireachtas Smartphone App, available for Apple and Android devices.
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Committee on Transport and Communications
Deputies: John O’Mahony (Chair), Michael Colreavy, Timmy Dooley, Dessie Ellis, Tom Fleming, Brendan Griffin, Noel Harrington, Seán Kenny, Éamonn Maloney, Helen McEntee, Michael Moynihan, Patrick O’Donovan and Mick Wallace
Senators: Sean D. Barrett, Terry Brennan, Éamonn Coghlan, Paschal Mooney, Ned O’Sullivan and John Whelan