Ministers hold meetings with representative groups as work continues on a fuel support package

Ministers hold meetings with representative groups as work continues on a fuel support package

• From: Department of the Taoiseach

• Published on: 11 April 2026
• Last updated on: 11 April 2026

Government ministers today held a series of constructive meetings with representative groups from the transport, agriculture and fisheries sectors as the Government moves close to finalising a significant support package to address the ongoing crisis.

Ministers O'Brien and Canney are actively progressing plans for a transport support scheme, with detailed work now underway.

Representatives from the Irish Road Haulage Association, the Freight Transport Association of Ireland, and the Coach Tourism & Transport Council of Ireland attended the meeting and expressed their full support for the proposed measures.

Minister Heydon, along with Ministers Dooley, Grealish and Healy-Rae, met with all the representative farm and fisheries organisations in both plenary and bilateral meetings over the last two days.

The agriculture ministers have taken onboard their concerns as well as suggestions and ideas to ameliorate hardship of all their members. All meetings proved to be very constructive.

Minister Heydon along with his senior officials in the Department of Agriculture, Food & The Marine, are devising a temporary fuel support scheme to provide support for these critical sectors.

The Government recognises the urgency of providing solutions for these very impacted sectors.

Ministers intend to conclude plans as swiftly as possible and will announce them shortly in addition to the €250m already allocated to alleviate the burden on impacted sectors.