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better safety net for struggling families. We know low-income households spend a larger proportion of their income on energy, home heating oil, petrol and diesel, but this cut in excise will only be the same for them as for everyone else. Already, more than 500,000 households … need to see is a plan for targeted energy credits, as the Labour Party has sought. We need to see targeted support for home energy upgrades, to give people a real chance at the green transition the Tánaiste spoke of. We need to see real commitments to ramp

only ratcheted up over the summer. Electricity prices are soaring. Nearly 330,000 households are now behind on their electricity bills. Home heating oil is nearly 50% more expensive than it was last year. Families are facing into one of the most expensive times of year. The back … systems are failing children. There is tragedy on our roads. The majority of young people now believe they will never own their own home. Families all over the country are still scrambling for school or bus places for their children. The healthcare staffing crisis is spiralling

this resolution?". Let us be clear: come 14 October, what the Government is voting for is to increase petrol, diesel and home heating oil. It is absolutely shameful if that is the decision it takes today

expensive country in Europe for household electricity. Electricity bills have risen by between 75% and 85% since 2020, while the price of home heating oil has increased by up to 50% in the last six months alone. There has a been a rise in food bills, with family

simply do not know what is around the corner geopolitically. Second, with winter around the corner, I ask that the Government address home heating oil in the budget and find a way to offer support. Pensioners are genuinely scared of what will happen this winter. These are people

international volatility in the cost of oil and gas. A huge investment of public money, €750 million, and not one cent of that will provide energy security in Irish homes. Last April, the Government voted one-off payments for heat pumps and electric vehicles but did nothing about