Peter Burke: “I expect my department's report into Aughinish Alumina will be completed within the next 10 days.”

If you look at the price of marked gas oil/green diesel, it was retailing about net 94 cents a litre - it’s up at €1.24 now, and that’s about a 30% of an increase on net effect - which is pretty significant for the agri-economy, and indeed…

Government leaders are keeping all those decisions under review, and obviously a lot has changed over the last number of weeks.

The excise cuts can't go on indefinitely and that the Government had to take decisions based on the reality on the ground rather than the threat of further fuel protests.

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