billion each year and the Government is leaving people high and dry because they need support at this time and a cost-of-living package is absolutely necessary
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goods are supplied across the world after the pandemic.
I accept there are issues that definitely contribute to the cost of living and that develop within our own economy. However, I make the case that if we accept that corporate tax receipts are absolutely at risk, because
Finance, in the context of recording surpluses in excess of €17 billion this year and next year, that there would be a cost-of-living package, not to spend €17 billion on it but to recognise people have been short-changed by the Government and to recognise there
various one off measures brought in on budget day did make a difference to people at a time during which the cost of living was so high and inflation was going up. In regard to the carbon tax the Deputy referred to, it is also the case that
During the election last November, the Government claimed it was going to cut energy costs to bring relief to households in a cost-of-living crisis. Instead, it is going to rip away supports. The Minister himself said that energy payments could not become the norm. Does
solid fuels. We all represent people in homes that are struggling with the higher cost of energy and who know the cost of living is high. We understand that as well
during the course of the Government's term, setting out clearly what that will mean for families and workers facing a cost-of-living crisis
public bus. This is only one example, but there are many. The free school bus tickets were introduced recently as a cost-of-living measure due to the downturn in the economy. They were hugely appreciated but they had many knock-on effects that were not anticipated with
bills and other costs. At every door you go to and with every person you talk to, there is reference to the cost of living. It has not gone away. It is a very serious issue for people day in and day out who are trying to make
earlier, he talks about how it is not always the job of the State to resource people to deal with the increased cost of living. There are questions around wages, collective bargaining and ensuring workers gain more from their productivity, but there is also a significant role
many remain without a safety net.
Insolvency is driven by rising costs - costs the Government has failed to adequately address. The cost-of-living crisis has left many families struggling, while Government policies have long failed to deliver on promises to improve living standards.
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hold water. Out of the other side of their mouths, the same Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael Ministers will tell us that cost-of-living measures are no longer necessary.
All of this is self-defeating because when working people and families have chosen to pay rent rather
living wage in this country. We have a minimum wage but we need to go further on that. The cost of living here is very high compared to other EU countries. Auto-enrolment in pension schemes is being delayed again. We have a large group of workers
People who are self-employed are walking away. I have seen people who have left and gone to Canada and Australia. The cost of living and of houses are both high over there too, but they can run a business, have employees and abide by the relevant legislation
rationale of the Department and successive Ministers in respect of the figure, but it does not take into account inflation or the cost-of-living crisis here, in Britain or elsewhere. That figure should have been index-linked. We brought forward an amendment in that regard
Graduate medical students are under huge pressure from fees, accommodation, travel expenses and the cost of living. They receive no SUSI grant, no Government supports and no access to loans. Their options are to drop out, to work 12-hour weekend shifts or to rely on parents
issues. What will the impact of long Covid be on future healthcare policies and costs?
The second crisis was the energy and cost-of-living crisis. The damage to the pipeline caused energy costs to skyrocket and exposed our energy deficiencies. While renewable sources of energy are welcome
here, and make them feel they are welcome and do not need to emigrate due to a lack of housing or the cost of living
abroad. There are roughly 8,000 of our best and brightest young teachers in the Gulf countries, no doubt because of the cost of living crisis, which has evidently not gone away despite Government claims to the contrary.
We also know the right environment is crucial
they cannot see how they can build a life in this State with the ongoing and unmanaged housing crisis coupled with the cost-of-living crisis. There are steps the Minister could take to manage the shortfall in educators.
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rents now average €2,500 a month. That comes to a €30,000 yearly rent bill. In the middle of a cost-of-living crisis, how can working people afford these rents? How an earth could anyone save for a home while paying such extortionate rent? People
also by refusing to fund the cost of home retrofits, even though retrofitting is a win–win for people, for the cost of living and for our environment. Anyone who gets a home retrofitted, including Clive and Samantha, is always delighted at how much more comfortable that home
cited solidarity as their primary motivation but the €800 payment makes it possible for them to keep going, especially now, when the cost of living continues to rise.
Cutting this payment is not just bad social policy, it is bad economics.
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centring and problematising the issue of immigration and taking pressure off the Government that has been responsible for the housing crisis, cost-of-living crisis and everything else because it suggests the problem is actually immigrants, which is wrong. All it means is that Sinn Féin ends
used to suspend fiscal rules, not to build homes, to tackle healthcare crises across Europe or to help people crippled by the cost-of-living crisis but to give more money to the arms companies fuelled by debt and destruction. It is why people came together two weeks
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