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I will paraphrase a recent successful election campaign: a country we can afford; running for office to lower the cost of living for working-class people; building affordable housing; childcare for all; reducing the cost of energy; ensuring affordable groceries. That was not in Ireland
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relevant any more because the price of the petrol, diesel and heating oil is driving up inflation and the cost of living.
Surely, the Government realises it by now. Cut out the carbon tax or as much as possible
McGrath. I join the Tánaiste in saying our thoughts are with all those affected by the devastating fire in Hong Kong.
The cost-of-living crisis may have ended for Fine Gael but for ordinary families it is getting worse day by day. Food, heating, electricity, rents
thank the Deputy. I am very much aware that the cost-of-living crisis is still real for very many families across the country. The Deputy has asked me a specific question, so I am going to spend the time on it. I do want to acknowledge that
review, the NTA took account of the most significant economic issues that were relevant to the SPSV sector, which included inflation, the cost of living, fuel prices, energy supply, geopolitical uncertainty and increased public transport availability. Following this review and a public consultation on the matter
Department of Health about it via parliamentary questions. Veoza is very expensive, with many women unable to afford it. During the cost-of-living crisis, it really is unsustainable and completely unfair on women who have won the fight of their lives in fighting cancer. Will the Minister
driving up inflation, the cost of living and everything else
urban centres. Instead of that, we are seeing towns struggling. Businesses are struggling with the high cost of insurance and energy. The cost-of-living crisis is impacting on the money people have to spend in their local shops, cafés and restaurants. The most recent budget only made
Families are living in emergency accommodation while the Government quietly signs off on more spending for migration and asylum supports. Meanwhile, the cost of living is crushing ordinary people. A family of four now needs €3,500 a month just to get by and rents have
because this Finance Bill does not provide that commitment. What he should be doing is making sure people have relief during a cost-of-living crisis but he has decided to prioritise developers, investors and the profits of big companies over ordinary people. That is wrong
there will, in effect, be tax increases for a whole swathe of middle-income workers next year. In the context of the cost-of-living crisis we are experiencing, it will be a particularly challenging year for those workers. The reality is that if the Government, during
Róisín will kill me. Many people do not claim this. I would really encourage people, particularly in terms of the cost-of-living crisis, to claim for the flat rate expenses if they are on home dialysis, if they have a child with a disability or a life
They are not worried about gold-plated pensions. Does the Tánaiste know why? It is because they will never have them. The cost-of-living crisis is destroying families and at the same time, the Government thinks to give tax breaks to the wealthy - gold-plated pensions, jobs
break of €325,000. I do not know who is watching here tonight but ordinary families are talking about the cost-of-living crisis, filling cars with petrol or diesel, the increase in the cost of home heating oil and not being able to pay for their electricity
salary increase by 80% in 2024 to a whopping €2.7 million. At the same time we see people struggling with the cost of living and more than 5,000 homeless children, yet the prioritisation here is tax expenditure that boosts the profits of developers. The wrong choices
over so many people in the budget, when it left people so much worse off, when it refused to deal with the cost-of-living crisis, when so many people are under pressure with their energy costs, when so many are under pressure with their petrol and diesel
they are getting up early in morning because they cannot buy houses, cannot look after their families and are crippled by the cost-of-living crisis
choice was made not to tax them properly on their profits. That means ordinary men and women, who are struggling with the cost-of-living crisis arising from Government decisions, very like other decisions that were made earlier in regard to developers and banks, have to pay. People
much they wish to reduce the budget to a conversation simply about one element of economic policy in terms of the cost of living, every measure in the budget, right across Departments, is about trying to help people in this country. Indeed, there are many measures in areas
doing what Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael do. At the same time, those in government have shafted ordinary people during a cost-of-living crisis. Shame on them
anything worth waiting for. In the Minister's previous response, he talked about a report due in 2026, but in a cost-of-living crisis, people need protection now against corporate greed. Labour has called on the Government to force supermarket giants to publish profits, yet the Government
have the resources to support our people through difficult times, as we did through Covid and as we did through the cost-of-living crisis, which was acute post the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. We now have to look at measures we are taking, particularly
party group on the future of healthcare made its recommendations.
We also need to discuss health insurance in the context of the cost-of-living crisis. We talked in this Chamber today about the big energy providers in regard to profit making and price gouging. The same arguments
those 30,000 people could be treated. This Government is fooling no one when it comes to health. There is a cost-of-living crisis and at the same time, if you do not have private health insurance, your family will not get the treatment on time.
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planning permission for parking charges and barriers in Blanchardstown town centre. This is a proposal to fleece the community in a cost-of-living crisis and to fleece people who work in the centre. It will drive online shopping, job losses and shop closures, and we have already
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