HEAR MORE: Hauliers slam report that suggests increasing diesel cost

The Irish Road Haulage Association has slammed suggestions to increase diesel costs based on an ESRI study.

The IRHA president has described the report commissioned by the EPA, as "clueless and bereft of even the most basic insight or understanding of the haulage industry and its use of diesel fuel".

Currently, the Government ensures that the price of diesel is lower than petrol.

This however could change as the report claims that by raising the excise duty on diesel, the Government could raise up to €522m and cut transport sector carbon emissions by 2.4% a year.

IRHA President Verona Murphy spoke to Caroline Gauley on the Wider View programme today and started by explaining what the main issue is with the report: