VAT reduction on fuel ‘not possible’ – Tánaiste Leo Varadkar

A VAT reduction on fuel is “not possible” following engagement with the EU Commission, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has told the Dáil. This comes after weeks of engagement with the Irish Government and the EU Commission to see if it would be possible to cut VAT on fuel down from the current 13.5pc to help with the spiralling costs of living.

He told Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty in the Dáil during Leader’s Questions that his proposals to cut VAT are “not possible – In terms of your proposed solution, which you asked us to consider, which is reducing VAT, of course we will consider that, but currently it is not possible…”

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