The Government is getting 6 to 7 cent MORE per litre off petrol and diesel than it did a year ago.
This is despite already slashing excise duty by 20 cent on petrol and 15 cent on diesel in March.
The revelation by Fuels for Ireland will infuriate consumers who are being screwed at the pumps.
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Its CEO Kevin McPartlan said people were paying more money in taxes now on their fuel than a year ago because the wholesale prices right across the board had risen so much.
He called for fuel taxes to be cut and to reverse the Government policy of inflicting higher fuel taxes to stop people using fossil fuel.
A €2 litre of diesel only cost €1.60 this time last year.
The Consumer Council says the average price in Ireland this year for a litre of petrol is €1.92 and diesel €1.80.
But the gap in prices can vary by as much as 20 to 30 cent at filling stations all over Ireland from €1.92 to €2.20.
The Government is 6c to 7c better off between excise duty, VAT and levies.
The first public protests against the cost of living crisis are to be held next Saturday in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Sligo and organised by a coalition of Sinn Fein, People Before Profit, trade unions, student and pensioner groups.
Sinn Fein’s Finance spokesman Pearse Doherty TD repeated his call for the Government to bring in an emergency budget to cut the cost of home heating oil, petrol and diesel.
He fumed: “Household energy prices are up 57pc while the cost of home heating oil has more than doubled. These are not just numbers, they represent the real hardship being felt by households who simply can not bear these price increases.
“It is disgraceful that the Government refuses to act while households face the biggest price shock in decades.
“That even the Tories in Britain have responded to the cost of living crisis with greater urgency how out of touch this government is.”
Richard Boyd Barrett TD urged frustrated voters to show their anger by participating in the march and to send the Government a message that something urgent needs to be done.
He said: “With the twin crises of the cost of living and the housing crisis spiralling completely out of control, there is a total lack of urgency on the part of the Government to take serious action.
“We urgently need controls on the price of basic goods and utilities , and serious action on the issue of unaffordable rents and house prices. Wages and incomes need to be protected and increased.”
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