Dáil carries mineral oil tax resolution
The Dáil carried Financial Resolution No. 5, on excise and mineral oil tax, on 6 October 2026. The recorded question combined the rejection of amendments Nos. 1 and 2 with approval of the resolution, and was carried by 99 votes to 63.
The outcome means both amendments were negatived and the motion for the resolution agreed to. The parliamentary record identifies the subject as “Financial Resolution No. 5 - Excise - Mineral Oil Tax”.
Houses of the Oireachtas
- Dáil debate record, 6 October 2026
Financial Resolution No. 5 - Excise - Mineral Oil Tax
A combined question on two amendments
The question put was: “That amendments Nos. 1 and 2 to the motion for Financial Resolution No. 5 are hereby negatived and the motion for Financial Resolution No. 5 is hereby agreed to.” The recorded result was Carried (Tá 99, Níl 63).
Because the amendments and the motion were dealt with in one question, the recorded totals apply to that combined question. The result records the Dáil’s decision on the amendments and the resolution, rather than separate divisions on each amendment.