Commitment
Halt scheduled annual carbon tax increases
What this means
- Sinn Féin is a political party that contested the 2024 Irish general election with a published manifesto of policy commitments.[source]
- The party promised to halt the annual carbon tax increases that were scheduled by the Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael-led government.[source]
- This commitment was made on 19 November 2024 as part of their general election manifesto and remains a promise, not yet delivered.[source]
- Stopping these increases would affect how much households and businesses pay on fossil fuels, making it a significant cost-of-living issue for voters.[source]
- Tracking whether this promise is acted on matters for accountability, as carbon tax policy directly affects energy bills and climate targets.[source]
Direct impact (1)
- owned by partySinn FéinParty
Indirect impact (10)
Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.
- owned by party → party member2-hop via sinn-feinAengus Ó SnodaighOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via sinn-feinAnn GravesOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via sinn-feinCathy BennettOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via sinn-feinClaire KerraneOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via sinn-feinConor D McGuinnessOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via sinn-feinDarren O'RourkeOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via sinn-feinDavid CullinaneOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via sinn-feinDenise MitchellOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via sinn-feinDessie EllisOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via sinn-feinDonna McGettiganOfficeholder
Summary derived from the records cited above. Read the methodology to understand how this is generated.
Relationship map
One-hop relationships derived from the entity records. Click any node to follow the link.
Status
Promised
Sinn Féin committed to not proceeding with the annual increases to the carbon tax scheduled by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael.
Attribution & links
- Origin
- Manifesto
- Policy area
- Climate And Environment
- Owning party
- Sinn Féin
- Responsible body
- —
- Responsible officeholder
- —
- Linked mandate
- —
- First stated
- 2024-11-19
- Last reviewed
- 2026-05-21
Evidence & sources
Every status claim above is backed by a primary source — follow a link to the source-of-truth document.
Evidence
- Sinn Féin Election Manifesto 2024 - The Choice for ChangeSinn Féin·Retrieved 2026-05-21high
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