must now deal with a postponed division relating to amendment No. 1 to Government amendment No. 1 to the motion on a cost-of-living mini-budget. On Thursday, 7 May 2026, on the question, "That the amendment to the amendment be made”, a division was claimed. That
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vote on our mini-budget, he will support it. Will he support the targeted measures that will actually help households in this cost-of-living crisis
future for themselves in Australia, for example. Here at home, it is the Government's response that has caused and exacerbated the cost-of-living crisis. Notwithstanding the global shocks, there are choices that the Government made and could still make. That is why we put forward
Half a billion euro has been left unspent when it comes to climate action measures. We are in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis, in the middle of incredible energy shocks, where people cannot afford to pay their electricity bills. We need to have a debate
accept fully that there are cost-of-living pressures on families and individuals arising significantly now from the war in Iran, which
wage rates. They are doubling down on shafting young people on pay just like they are shafting them on housing and the cost of living.
Research by the ESRI has shown that the percentage of workers on these super-low and super-exploitative rates of pay has doubled
need retrofitting as quickly and as much as possible. It is part of the answer to the cost-of-living crisis and the climate crisis. The problem is that the way the Government has gone about it with its privatised model is now beginning to result in significant
leading out on the European Presidency from July. Can we bring a focus on the cost-of-living issues throughout Europe and use European institutions, such as European competitiveness and competition law, in relation to the price of groceries? Up to 35% of families are spending a third
European Union level, at the Foreign Affairs Council and at the European Council.
With regard to Deputy Martin Daly's question, the cost of living will be a theme in the context of the energy crisis. Interestingly, and rightly, Deputy Daly has focused on groceries and food prices
solution is to invest in direct employment, not to freeze recruitment.
Nurses are overworked and increasingly unable to deal with the cost of living. We are effectively training nurses for export. I have dealt with a young full-time nurse in my constituency of Kildare South
They have raised issues like unsafe staffing numbers, high levels of burnout and pay that has failed to keep up with the cost of living.
Ireland relies to a much greater extent on internationally educated nurses compared to many other high-income countries. According to a 2024 ESRI
arrears. We can see it in the difficulty people are having when it comes to the cost of living across the board. All of this basically stems from energy. That is one of the big issues we have. This country has fallen so far behind where it could
energy affordability. Until that is done, people will continue to fall into arrears in their electricity bills in the midst of this cost-of-living crisis. Half-measures will not make a difference and this has been proven. The Irish people are sick to the back teeth
Labour Party, including the costed mini-budget that we proposed last week, to give workers a dig-out during this perpetual cost-of-living crisis.
This Bill seeks to amend the 1999 Act in several important ways, which have already been outlined by Deputy Daly and others
used to offset the huge cost to ordinary workers and families.
This whole area is flooding into the most horrendous cost-of-living crisis we have ever seen. The Government's withdrawal of energy credits in the 2026 budget and its refusal now to reintroduce energy credits means
Government will not do it because it seems to think it is okay that people are profiteering off the cost-of-living misery that ordinary people are suffering, or maybe it is a commitment to market dogma, or both, but it has failed
over 80 years of age. The constituency also has areas of economic disadvantage and high unemployment. People are struggling daily and this cost-of-living crisis and escalating costs are continuing to impact families, who are forced to make hard choices between putting food on the table
respect of many issues, we hear that it is not the right time. The fact is that people are dealing with a cost-of-living crisis that was in existence long before the Iran and Lebanese war, and we could go back a long time before that.
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accommodation for them. We are coming into the exam period and there is also uncertainty around the student fees with the current cost of living. I know the Minister can only do so much with the allocation he has, but students are telling me they need this. Students
them over this period. Such a scheme could lift the burden on students commuting long distances to colleges. Any relief on the cost of living would make a significant difference to students. Not only are they trying to afford to stay in college, but their mental health
third level exploits in Offaly. Too often, students in regional counties face barriers that are less pronounced in larger urban centres. Cost-of-living pressures, accommodation shortages and travel distances can make access to higher education significantly more difficult for families. It is important that students feel they
promised improvements by the Government, but all they got was a rent increase this year, pushing them over the edge in a cost-of-living crisis. I have met families with children growing up in mould and damp, which is making them sick. Babies are being hospitalised because
childcare costs for everybody to €200 per month. It has spectacularly failed to deliver on that promise, which is a very serious cost-of-living issue for many. To give the Minister one instance, this week, in my area, I have been inundated by emails from parents whose
only economically robust but also secure and capable of protecting its citizens and interests, while also looking at the likes of the cost of living, which is a top concern for us here at home, and migration and housing.
I will bring it closer to home in relation
they have either not ticked the box or have ticked the wrong box.
Where is Europe in terms of leadership on the cost-of-living crisis we are going through? Where was it on insurance and banking? Why can we not access low interest rates, banking institutions
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