Tánaiste Simon Harris has rejected claims that the State’s 46% take on petrol is “obscene”, claiming that the Government is “giving back so much more than it’s taking in.”
Speaking to Gript at the National Ploughing Championship this week, the Fine Gael leader defended the level of taxation on fuel and maintained that the State is delivering unprecedented assistance to households.
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