Peadar Tóibín
Question:313. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount collected on fuel, by fuel type from 2024 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [68101/26]
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I am advised by Revenue that the receipts collected in respect of Mineral Oil Tax (MOT), Natural Gas Carbon Tax (NGCT) and Solid Fuel Carbon Tax (SFCT) in each year up to 2024 are published on the Revenue website at:
www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/information-about-revenue/statistics/excise/receipts-volume-and-price/excise-receipts-commodity.aspx
The receipts collected from MOT, NGCT and SFCT for 2025 and for the year to August 2026 are shown in the following table:
|
|
2025 |
|
January – August 2026* |
|
|
Fuel Type |
Non-Carbon Component €m |
Carbon Component €m |
Non-Carbon Component €m |
Carbon Component €m |
|
Petrol |
613.0 |
150.7 |
338.5 |
115.4 |
|
Aviation Gasoline |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
|
Diesel |
1,438.0 |
535.1 |
640.0 |
377.1 |
|
MGO |
38.0 |
159.8 |
11.6 |
117.3 |
|
KERO |
- |
138.2 |
- |
93.1 |
|
Fuel Oil |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
|
Other LPG |
- |
35.2 |
- |
26.2 |
|
Auto LPG |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
|
Natural Gas |
- |
137.6 |
- |
122.1 |
|
Solid Fuel |
- |
18.9 |
- |
14.3 |
|
Total |
2,089 |
1,176 |
990 |
866 |
*2026 Provisional
In relation to VAT, I am advised by Revenue that traders are not required to identify the VAT yield generated from the supply of specific goods and services on their VAT returns. Therefore, it is not possible to provide the VAT yield on all fuel related products and services using taxpayer information alone. However, using Revenue and third-party data sources, a tentative estimate of the VAT generated on fuel can be provided in the table below:
|
VAT Receipts €m |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
2026 (to July)* |
|
Petrol |
319 |
318 |
293 |
276 |
195 |
231 |
322 |
319 |
349 |
366 |
232 |
|
Diesel |
262 |
284 |
306 |
303 |
257 |
334 |
423 |
370 |
373 |
362 |
231 |
|
MGO |
30 |
34 |
40 |
39 |
32 |
42 |
71 |
56 |
56 |
55 |
43 |
|
Kerosene |
44 |
52 |
65 |
59 |
50 |
59 |
90 |
75 |
76 |
70 |
47 |
|
Other LPG |
7 |
10 |
13 |
14 |
12 |
13 |
12 |
11 |
9 |
9 |
5 |
|
Auto LPG |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
|
Natural Gas |
79 |
75 |
89 |
87 |
89 |
72 |
111 |
123 |
131 |
118 |
77 |
|
Solid Fuel |
53 |
48 |
45 |
53 |
42 |
49 |
61 |
59 |
78 |
56 |
34 |
|
Total |
795 |
821 |
851 |
831 |
677 |
800 |
1,091 |
1,013 |
1,073 |
1,035 |
669 |
*July is the latest month currently available.
As the Deputy will be aware, schemes such as the VAT deduction scheme, the double income tax relief scheme and the Diesel Rebate Scheme mean that a significant portion of revenue raised from taxation of fuels is repaid to economic operators who are availing of these schemes.