Commitment
Introduce a zero VAT rate on electricity
What this means
- Aontú is a political party that put forward this commitment in its November 2024 general election manifesto.[source][source]
- The party promised to set VAT on electricity to zero while prices remain high, which would reduce household and business energy bills.[source][source]
- Aontú also committed to reversing recent excise duty increases on petrol and diesel as part of the same energy cost relief plan.[source][source]
- This commitment is a promise only and has no confirmed delivery date, so voters can use it to hold the party to account if it enters government.[source]
Direct impact (1)
- owned by partyAontúParty
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 aontuPaul LawlessOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via aontuPeadar TóibínOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via aontuSarah O'ReillyOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via aontuSarah O'ReillyOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via aontuJim CoddOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via aontuEmer TóibínOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via aontuDave BoyneOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via aontuPaul LawlessOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via aontuSarah BeasleyOfficeholder
- owned by party → party member2-hop via aontuEllen TroyOfficeholder
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Relationship map
One-hop relationships derived from the entity records. Click any node to follow the link.
Status
Promised
Aontú committed to introducing a zero VAT rate on electricity while prices remain elevated and reversing recent excise duty increases on petrol and diesel.
Attribution & links
- Origin
- Manifesto
- Policy area
- Energy
- Owning party
- Aontú
- Responsible body
- —
- Responsible officeholder
- —
- Linked mandate
- —
- First stated
- 2024-11-21
- 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
- Aontú General Election Manifesto 2024 - Our Common SenseAontú·Retrieved 2026-05-21medium
- Key points from Aontú election manifestoRTÉ·Retrieved 2026-05-21high
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