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cover. It will not help the more than 1 million homes, families, individuals and others who rely on a tank of home heating oil, specifically lower-income and rural households. What am I to tell a pensioner living on the side of the hill in the likes … Carrignavar or Mourneabbey who will not be helped by this Government because they have to rely on home heating oil? Along with this, there is €5 extra for fuel allowance. Five bloody euro. What an absolute farce. I looked it up this morning. A packet of firelogs

carbon tax increase of 2 cent per litre, Ireland is set to become the most expensive country in the EU for diesel. Home heating oil will go up €20 per fill. Car diesel will go up €1.48 per fill. Petrol will go up €1.25 per fill. Gas will … over 16,000 people homeless and more than 5,000 of these are children. This budget does not help them get a home. During the election, this Government promised that the cost would be down by €200 per month per child. Where is that promise today? Aside from

policy. The Minister has increased the carbon tax on petrol and diesel again and he plans to do the same for home heating oil and a bag of coal. This is only the first of five planned hikes by Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the independent TDs supporting

ensure the electricity was not cut off. I am extremely worried now as we face winter. We can't afford oil to heat our home. We are drowning in bills and we are struggling to stay afloat. This is what the rip-off means in real life