'Planning for scary scenarios have to take place' - Cabinet approves cut on fuel costs
The Government has agreed a cut in excise duty on petrol and diesel with a reduction 20 cent per litre on petrol and 15 cent per litre on Diesel.
An additional cut of two cent per litre for green diesel has been agreed.
The reduction will remain in place until August 31 and is expected to cost €320m.
Sinn Féin had called for measures that would result in a 25 cent cut per litre of petrol and diesel and called for any cuts to be capped at €1.75 per litre to ensure reductions are not quickly eroded.