Diesel, petrol, oil price watch

[johnnycool]

How many of you guys drive your car for a living?. Well not for a living as such but I do use my vehicle to get to sites scattered all over the country to which I'm paid £0.45p a mile. This hasn't been increased in 15 years and it costs me money to drive to site, I can't go to my employer about this as it's a Government figure that only they can change.
I was also told in the late 90's people were paid £0.52p a mile for a 2.0 litre car or above then, how can the Government still be paying £0.45p a mile for travel almost 2 decades later?.

Why cant you go to your employer?  I'm sure you can ask for more regardless of the "approved" government figure. even if you work for a contractor who is completing work for the government I'm sure the rate they charge for completed work will have certainly gone up in the last 15 years..

Yeah, you can approach your employer but any mileage rate over the £0.45p is taxable so no real point in doing that and giving it back to the Government. How can it be the same rate as 15 years ago...Madness

Anything over 45p is deemed a benefit in kind and is taxable, but if it's costing you money to do your job it really is up to your company to up that rate including the tax implications in to that calculation to ensure you aren't at a loss.

[Baile Brigín 2]

Michael Healy Rae resigns from the government

https://www.irishtimes.com/video/video/2026/04/14/michael-healy-rae-resigns-from-government/

Lasted longer than I thought he would

[marty34]

Michael Healy Rae resigns from the government

https://www.irishtimes.com/video/video/2026/04/14/michael-healy-rae-resigns-from-government/

Lasted longer than I thought he would

His business all built around good Kerry people - contractors, builders and farmers etc.

Showed a bit of backbone. Fair play to them.

Other independents hanging out for the crumbs from FFG. People won't forget their attitude to all this.

How long will FFG hang in there now?

[Armagh18]

Michael Healy Rae resigns from the government

https://www.irishtimes.com/video/video/2026/04/14/michael-healy-rae-resigns-from-government/

Lasted longer than I thought he would

His business all built around good Kerry people - contractors, builders and farmers etc.

Showed a bit of backbone. Fair play to them.

Other independents hanging out for the crumbs from FFG. People won't forget their attitude to all this.

How long will FFG hang in there now?

Times are bad when we're saying fair play to the Healy Raes but at least they're showing the balls to do abit.

[Baile Brigín 2]

Michael Healy Rae resigns from the government

https://www.irishtimes.com/video/video/2026/04/14/michael-healy-rae-resigns-from-government/

Lasted longer than I thought he would

His business all built around good Kerry people - contractors, builders and farmers etc.

Showed a bit of backbone. Fair play to them.

Other independents hanging out for the crumbs from FFG. People won't forget their attitude to all this.

How long will FFG hang in there now?

He didn't 'show backbone'. He decided opposition gets him more votes than actually getting things done. It's all about him, government was too much work.

[Wildweasel74]

He still gets paid, if hes the best Kerry produce, u gotta wonder about them.

[Baile Brigín 2]

He still gets paid, if hes the best Kerry produce, u gotta wonder about them.

He is losing €47k a year on resigning from his Junior job. Presumably he can earn more on his side gigs with the hours he was expected to put in.

[LC]

He still gets paid, if hes the best Kerry produce, u gotta wonder about them.

So true.

Wait and see the next election, if he gets a sniff of a ministerial post he will take it and will be sucking up to FF / FG as if nothing ever happened.

[Rossfan]

First whiff of responsibility and he was off!

[Captain Obvious]

First whiff of responsibility and he was off!

Only ever suited to the opposition and moaning about the mistakes they are making.

[Tony Baloney]

How many of you guys drive your car for a living?. Well not for a living as such but I do use my vehicle to get to sites scattered all over the country to which I'm paid £0.45p a mile. This hasn't been increased in 15 years and it costs me money to drive to site, I can't go to my employer about this as it's a Government figure that only they can change.
I was also told in the late 90's people were paid £0.52p a mile for a 2.0 litre car or above then, how can the Government still be paying £0.45p a mile for travel almost 2 decades later?.

Why cant you go to your employer?  I'm sure you can ask for more regardless of the "approved" government figure. even if you work for a contractor who is completing work for the government I'm sure the rate they charge for completed work will have certainly gone up in the last 15 years..

Yeah, you can approach your employer but any mileage rate over the £0.45p is taxable so no real point in doing that and giving it back to the Government. How can it be the same rate as 15 years ago...Madness

Anything over 45p is deemed a benefit in kind and is taxable, but if it's costing you money to do your job it really is up to your company to up that rate including the tax implications in to that calculation to ensure you aren't at a loss.

The fuel cost is the only hard cost you can provide receipts for and I'd say that amounts to less than half of the 45p so if using your personal vehicle you'd have to prove what proportion of wear and tyre etc. is on work business. These things are deliberately a ball ache!

[Baile Brigín 2]

First whiff of responsibility and he was off!

The Irish Times reporting that Danny got the hump and pulled his support so Michael had to follow. Even the Healey Raes couldn't pull off one in government and one in opposition.