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A new report has concluded that an increase in the excise duty rate on diesel motor fuel can be justified on both fiscal and environmental grounds. There is 48c in excise duty on every litre of diesel sold, compared to 59c on petrol. It says the Government would raise over half a billion euro per year, while significantly reducing carbon emissions and air pollution from the transport sector, if it raised the excise duty on diesel to the level currently charged on petrol.
