Thomas Byrne

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Today with David McCullagh · The Gathering · 1 May 2026 podcast

I mean, one of the arguments that the farmers had a month ago was that they didn't get the same as what the general public got.

So I think the government... Because there's lower tax on green diesel.

Exactly, yeah.

So the price is set internationally.

So what I would say is, I mean, look, as Minister of European Affairs, I'm talking to my colleagues around Europe.

This situation is playing out not just in Europe, but all across the world.

And it's not just a case of the fuel price.

It's a case of fertilizer prices.

It's a case of helium prices and supply of some of those goods as well, which in Africa, let's be honest, is going to cause millions of deaths.

And we're all governments, I think, are trying to navigate it with the hope and the expectation and the urging on the Americans that there would be.

that there would be an end to this, and the Iranians as well, that if they can come to peace talks to end this, it brings relief to everybody.

And I have to say, I do question how long politically the US can take fuel price increases, because they've had them as well, and people can see what the particular reasons were for that.

And I would hope that we will see some change in that that could bring some relief to it.

It is a serious crisis, and that's why we've given extra support on the fuel allowance.

That's why we have reduced diesel prices.

And that's why I don't disagree with the idea of windfall profit tax for energy companies, particularly if the electricity price goes up and renewable companies then make a fortune because of the way the market is structured at the moment.

We've done it before.

So I think we can do it again if that proves to be necessary.

And that could then pay for relief for people.

But I think that there is work ongoing in government in terms of the issue of arrears, which I absolutely accept is serious.

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