lights on and deliver ICT in schools to provide a loan scheme for students. The money is not there.
We have a cost-of-living crisis. Families very much welcome hot school meals and the elimination of school book charges. However, doing that on the one hand while
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households across the country. We recognise that food inflation, while moderating in recent months, has had a tangible impact on the cost of living for many families, particularly those on fixed and lower incomes. Ensuring that consumers are treated fairly, pricing is transparent and competition in the retail
minority, and there is the majority, who at some level are struggling in one way or another to cover the basic costs of living. In fact, even the concept of the cost of living is deeply disturbing. The basic costs to survive are now unaffordable for most people
Social Democrats. Sinn Féin will be supporting this motion. By any measure the Government has failed to get to grips with the cost-of-living crisis. It is either doing nothing or making things worse. If we name any of the issues, we can see that
sarcastic expression that has been around since the 1920s, "What's that got to do with the price of bread?" A cost-of-living package is essential. Please provide
ultimatum to bring down the cost of groceries. We are still waiting and the consequences of that are stark.
The damning Barnardos cost-of-living 2025 report released yesterday shows that Government policies are failing families and, worse still, are failing children. The report highlighted how families
energy taxes last year. It is incredible. It took in more in energy taxes last year in the jaws of a cost-of-living crisis than has ever been collected before. Carbon taxes topped €1 billion last year and it is hardwired in that they are going
increased from 99 cent to €1.90. Kerrygold butter, 454 g, went from €3.74 to €4.95.
Independent Ireland stands firm on reducing the cost of living, supporting rural, urban and agricultural communities and promoting transparency and fairness in the economic system. However, the Minister of State knows well
them just as must as any other parent, but they are not able to do so because of grocery prices and other cost-of-living prices that have gone through the roof. It is a horrible situation for any child, parent or family
Taoiseach's laundry list of measures. Certainly, we welcome progress where it occurs. However, the reality for families is that the cost-of-living crisis is not a once-off. It is an ongoing crisis where people are struggling to make ends meet. We have put forward constructive
consumers. Last week there was again engagement with the CCPC on the motor industry.
The Government is very committed to reducing the cost of living. I did not outline a laundry list of measures; they are substantive measures that actually have been mainstreamed into budget provision. This year
necessity for working class youth going to college. Will the Taoiseach please give a commitment now, not in July as the cost-of-living crisis bites, that he will restore this? I welcome that there will be a protest outside Leinster House at 6 p.m. this evening, where
scared the bejeysus out of every student and parent across the State when he told them in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis that student fees were going to go up. It came like a bolt out of the blue for every parent listening to that
latter.
Students demand more. They demand fairness and Sinn Féin stands with them in those demands. We would introduce a cost-of-living package, cancel the €1,000 fee hike and reduce fees by another €500 so that this September, the maximum fee would be €1,500 instead
relation to fees. This chaotic approach does nothing except sow fear and doubt as families struggle to cope with the spiralling cost of living. CAO change-of-mind applications closed just one week ago. Students have locked in their choices and are now waiting for their leaving certificate
having a cost-of-living package is a policy decision
cost-of-living crisis is over
this and blaming others for their own indecision. They are blaming everyone else for the housing, everyone else for the cost of living, but people in this country are seeing through it. Fianna Fáil's argument that this only affects wealthy parents is nonsense. It is classic deflection
fáilte a chur roimh na mic léinn atá in éineacht linn tráthnóna. I support the motion, particularly the call to introduce a cost-of-living package which would cancel the scheduled €1,000 fee hike and reduce fees by a further €500, meaning the maximum fee this September
would only pay €2,000. I know the Minister commented that the €1,000 reduction last year was as part of a cost-of-living package. He told us he would reduce student fees and we cannot understand or agree to them being raised. I appeal
that the Minister has decided to charge students more money for their college education while they are already struggling through this continuous cost-of-living crisis. The Government has shown it is completely out of touch with the pressures ordinary students and their families are facing.
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there quite lightly - a number of Departments. We have significant challenges in housing. We have significant challenges in a different cost-of-living crises in terms of paying for groceries, for example, running a car, and the different type of relationship one has with parents at home
House who wants it. Let us be clear what I said. I said that we have a budgetary situation where the cost-of-living package that was available last year is not available this year, so we will look at the question again. On what
there are spokespersons and people in the House, and those who follow. Deputy O'Gorman was a Minister who did the cost-of-living package in the previous Government, so he knows it was temporary. There should not be any surprise on his behalf. This is exactly
Minister is right. I was in government when the cost-of-living measures in the area of the student contribution were agreed. That is why, whereas there is a lot on the programme for Government I am critical of, I welcomed the commitment in there to continue
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