sinn fein Archives - Ireland's Forecourt & Convenience Retailer https://forecourtretailer.com/tag/sinn-fein/ Ireland's Only Forecourt & Convenience Retailer Wed, 09 Mar 2022 12:08:53 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://forecourtretailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-IFCR-Site-Icon-32x32.png sinn fein Archives - Ireland's Forecourt & Convenience Retailer https://forecourtretailer.com/tag/sinn-fein/ 32 32 94949456 Cabinet approves cuts to excise duty on petrol and diesel https://forecourtretailer.com/cabinet-approves-cuts-to-excise-duty-on-petrol-and-diesel/ Wed, 09 Mar 2022 12:08:53 +0000 https://forecourtretailer.com/?p=19604 The Cabinet has signed off on a plan which will see excise on petrol cut by 20c per litre and 15c per litre on diesel.

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]]> The Cabinet has signed off on a plan which will see excise on petrol cut by 20c per litre and 15c per litre on diesel.

The cut to excise duty on petrol and diesel will remain in place until August 31.

The move will cost €320 million and aims to ease the impact of sky-rocketing fuel prices sparked by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The Government expects the new measures will mean a 60 litre tank of petrol will cost €12 less and a 60 litre tank of diesel will cost €9 less. Meanwhile, marked gas oil will fall by 2c per litre.

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe will later on today bring the financial motion to the Dáil, which will have to be passed by midnight after a vote from TDs.

Sinn Féin had called for measures that would result in a 25 cent cut per litre of diesel and petrol.

The party also wants any cuts capped at €1.75 per litre to ensure the reductions are not quickly eroded.

Amid warnings to the Government about the economic impact of war in Ukraine on this country, senior figures in the coalition have insisted there is no prospect of short-term rationing of gas and electricity.

However, they said that all energy resources are now very precious and planning for “scary” scenarios has to take place.

The cost of petrol and diesel has risen sharply in recent months but has sky-rocketed significantly since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

A number of filling stations pushed prices at the pumps over €2 a litre over the weekend.

Households are already struggling to deal with the cost-of-living crisis that has seen inflation at a 20-year high.

The cost of petrol alone at the pumps has gone up by 70 cent a litre since January of last year, the Dáil heard yesterday.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin warned that the war in Ukraine was going to increase further the cost of fuels. The State currently maintains a 90-day reserve of crude and refined oil product.

The Government was told the impact of sanctions had created volatility on energy prices across the globe.

Fuels for Ireland said the Government is recognising that it must use excise duty to reduce the cost of fuel to consumers. CEO Kevin McPartland said the figure announced today needs to be under regular review.

He said if prices increase further the Government has to make sure that Irish businesses are insulated from the impact.

Fuels for Ireland welcomed the move by the Government to cut excise duty, but cautioned that ”it is only going to get us back to where we were two or three days ago.”

Mr McPartland said diesel on the wholesale market went up by 22 cent yesterday

He added the reduction is not ”going to have a dramatic impact straight away.”

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]]> 19604 Oireachtas committee approves sick pay plan https://forecourtretailer.com/oireachtas-committee-approves-sick-pay-plan/ Wed, 09 Feb 2022 10:56:34 +0000 https://forecourtretailer.com/?p=19370 Plans to give all workers the right to paid sick leave have been approved by the Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment. The committee

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Plans to give all workers the right to paid sick leave have been approved by the Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

The committee recommends that all employees be entitled to the right of statutory sick pay to ensure workers on all forms of employment contracts receive the same protections.

The committee has published its pre-legislative scrutiny report of the General Scheme of the Sick Pay Bill and while it does approve the plan, members have expressed concern about the requirement for medical certification, saying they did not want it to act as an additional obstacle.

The committee is recommending that a rebate of the cost of such certification should be made available to ease the financial burden on employees, particularly those who are low paid.

The committee is also calling for businesses to be given an exemption from the sick pay requirement if they can demonstrate to the Labour Court that they cannot genuinely afford to make the payment.

Launching the report, Committee Cathaoirleach Maurice Quinlivan said Ireland was an outlier as one of the few advanced countries in Europe with no mandatory sick pay scheme.

“At present, there is no statutory obligation on an employer to pay for a medically certified absence of an employee due to illness. While many employers do provide such sick pay, employees who do not receive such sick pay are disadvantaged,” the Sinn Féin TD said.

In June last year, Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar announced details of the new law to give all workers the right to paid sick leave.

The statutory sick pay scheme will be phased in over a four-year period, starting with three days per year in 2022, rising to five days payable in 2023 and seven days payable in 2024.

Employers will eventually cover the cost of ten sick days per year in 2025.

Statutory sick pay will be paid by employers at a rate of 70% of an employee’s wage, subject to a daily maximum of €110.

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