Tax Yield

Tuesday, 21 April 2026

Questions (258, 282, 314, 330)

Paul Lawless

Question:

258. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of carbon tax, in money value, collected by the Government in each of the past ten years and to date in 2026. [26566/26]

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Paul Lawless

Question:

282. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of tax on fuel, in money value, collected by the Government in each of the past ten years and to date in 2026, by tax-type. [26567/26]

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Matt Carthy

Question:

314. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount raised through the carbon tax in each year 2019 to 2025; and the amount projected to be raised in each of the years 2026 to 2030. [26715/26]

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Louis O'Hara

Question:

330. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of carbon tax collected for the years 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26484/26]

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Written answers

Tánaiste and Minister for Finance

I propose to take Questions Nos. 258, 282, 314 and 330 together.

I am advised by Revenue that the receipts collected in respect of Fuel Taxes in each of the past ten years up to 2024 are published on the Revenue website at:

https://www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/information-about-revenue/statistics/excise/receipts-volume-and-price/excise-receipts-commodity.aspx

The provisional receipts for carbon tax for 2025 and for the year to March 2026 are shown in the following table:

Year	Carbon tax €m
2025	1,176.0
2026*	340.4

* Provisional to end March 2026

The Deputy has requested the amount projected to be raised through the carbon tax in each of the years up until 2030. In July 2025, my Department published updated Carbon Tax Projected Exchequer Revenue Estimates (2013-2030) as part of the Tax Strategy Group paper on Energy, Environmental and Vehicle Tax. The updated carbon tax projected revenue estimates section of the paper examines how domestic climate change policies are expected to impact carbon tax yields, as our economy transitions to a low carbon economy in line with most recent climate action plan measures. This scenario analyses maps and links forward projected estimates of energy use and expected fuel requirements from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) to carbon tax rates and exchequer net carbon tax receipts to examine the potential impact of the implementation of the Climate Action Plan actions between 2025 and 2030 based on the SEAI and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ‘With Additional Measure’ (WAM) scenario and ‘With Existing Measure’ (WEM) scenario analysis. This paper is available on my Department's website: https://assets.gov.ie/static/documents/TSG_25-10_Energy_Environmental_and_Vehicle_Tax_UPD.pdf

As the Deputy will be aware, the Government has decided to defer the increase in carbon tax which was due to place on 1 May 2026 until 14 October 2026. The estimated cost of this deferral is approximately €22 million. The revenue projections in the Tax Strategy Group paper predate this decision.