The Taoiseach has ruled out the idea of deferring a planned rise in the carbon tax.
He was speaking as the Dáil debated a motion from Sinn Féin last night calling for the planned rises this year to be deferred.
Micheál Martin has warned fuel costs are likely to increase again as a result of sanctions against Russia and Germany halting a planned gas pipeline.
The Taoiseach was asked if that means they'll consider deferring carbon tax increases.
"No, because those tax revenues are going back to the people in the form of the retrofit grants, in the form of environmentally friendly farming, and to protect people against poverty.
"They're not the big issue in terms of the right field at all.
"They represent a very, very small amount of the huge increase has occurred over the last number of months."
