measly 65 cent per hour increase recommended by the Low Pay Commission. It is nowhere near enough to cover the rising cost of living for minimum wage workers. The biggest chunk of minimum wage workers work in hospitality. Not only is the Government planning to screw those workers
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what the Ministers, Deputies Chambers and Donohoe, and the rest of the Government come up with. I assure the Deputy that the cost-of-living issue will be at the forefront of their consideration and Government consideration
what the Government has made very clear - it has really dug in on this point - is that there will not be a cost-of-living package. The Government said that clearly and that the energy credits were off the table. I am simply putting it to the Minister
post-primary student, with enhanced rates for pupils with special education needs and Traveller pupils. Schools received a €45 million cost-of-living payment in November 2024 to tackle rising energy and day-to-day running costs. The Department of education works very closely with schools that
wealth within this State.
In the face of that, the Minister has made it very clear that there will be no cost-of-living supports. There will be none of the lifelines that were advanced to people in advance of last year's general election. A cynical person
those aged between 25 and 34, and more worryingly 27% of those aged between 20 and 25, have pension coverage. In a cost-of-living crisis, it is no wonder that future planning is not a priority for many young people who are barely getting by. Further figures
would like to outline some of the outstanding risks it presents and, in some cases, deepens. First, in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis, reducing low-paid workers' take-home pay by between €300 and €1,200 per year may be devastating for many households
Laoghaire and Clarke. I thank both Deputies for their work on this Bill. Throughout the country, parents are being hammered by the cost-of-living crisis. The enormous expense of clothing their children for school is a huge part of that financial strain. For many, back-to-school
constituency of Longford-Westmeath is the cost of uniforms, but never so much as this year as families grapple with the cost of living. The current system, as Deputy O'Rourke said, embeds avoidable expenses. The CCPC's recent investigation urging generic uniforms and a competitive tender process
Local Link bus because the Minister of State’s Department will not implement its own review.
Families already struggling with the cost of living are in many cases forced to pay fees far in excess of a bus ticket for a private Bus Éireann service. In Lismore
mean it in the right way. When the cost of a ticket was initially reduced to €50, it was done during the cost-of-living crisis. I understood why it was done. It was done with helping families who were hard-pressed in mind. The knock-on consequence
bills. That is why we need an energy credit for all households in the upcoming budget. This country is still in a cost-of-living crisis and providing an energy credit will go some way at least to alleviating many of these costs for households, and indeed
energy bills facing every household and business up and down the country already on their knees with the cost-of-living crisis. More energy increases come at a time when we are already paying the highest levels of energy prices in Europe. That is a badge of dishonour
with regard to energy prices, but a number of suppliers have announced price increases in the coming weeks. Domestic energy prices and cost-of-living pressures are matters of serious concern. The Government is acutely aware - we are all TDs in our constituencies - of the challenges for households
with the Swords women's shed this morning and the topic of conversation across the board was the impact of the cost of living on everybody. People come into my office with stories of how they are pressed to the pin of their collar simply to cover
across the country are in financially precarious positions and it punishes children in the process. If we are serious about tackling the cost-of-living crisis, and particularly targeted energy costs, then schools such as Rutland Street have to be part of the conversation.
There is a wider
timely motion due to the time of the year and the upcoming budget. It is important to continue to focus on the cost-of-living crisis, a crisis that is pushing more and more families towards poverty.
I want to share with the Minister of State a very
seeking a way to address this. We are going to spend the next couple of weeks talking about a cost-of-living crisis and its impacts. This is what happens when circumstances transpire that leave people on the outside of a particular scheme
more than unfortunate the Minister is not here in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis to address the concerns of people who are really struggling in an emergency.
Over the summer households have been hit with a spate of emergency hikes from Energia, Flogas, Pinergy
case that the recycling companies across Ireland will increase their fees? Will families across the country who are struggling in this cost-of-living crisis see their bin fees rise as a result of this? What is the Minister of State going to do to ensure families
risk of energy poverty. We are continuing to see the extraordinary stresses that are being put on homes because of the high cost of living, of which a huge component is energy costs. Over recent days and weeks, companies are again increasing their electricity charges, despite the fact
families are being absolutely hammered with soaring prices. While the Government acts as if everything is rosy in the garden, the cost-of-living crisis is out of control. Households are under considerable pressure to get by. They are being hit by rip-off prices at every turn
carry out that will support people in the here and now is making sure energy credits play a central part in a cost-of-living package in the budget. We are very clear the measure should be in the form of €450 that will support people right here
including students, qualify for the GP access card, which can help with costs too. We are committed to helping students with the cost of living. The budget will show a way forward in that regard on 7 October
this high inflation period over the last two to three years after Covid that we would continue doing large stand-alone cost-of-living packages.
We have to mainstream provision in terms of the various mechanisms we have. For example, last year we eliminated the cost of school
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