Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2022-04-28
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Pearse Doherty (SF), Donegal

I am aware the Minister has never spent a day on the bog. I hear that from media reports. However, if he understood families who rely on burning turf, it is the cheapest form of fuel at this time. The Minister talks about excess deaths. Every excess death is one too many but let me tell the Minister about excess deaths. Every year, 2,800 people in this State die of fuel poverty.

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Sitting date: 2022-04-28