Significant unease is building amongst the leaders of the April fuel protests over Government plans to reverse the current cuts in excise duty from September 1. Significant unease is building amongst the leaders of the April fuel protests over Government plans to reverse the current cuts in excise duty from September 1. They said Tánaiste and Finance Minister Simon Harris ‘has yet to definitively commit himself to a particular course of action. Mr Harris is also dealing with growing unhappiness within his own Department of Finance over the cost of the excise cuts. Mr Harris is also dealing with growing unhappiness within his own Department of Finance over the cost of the excise cuts.