Energy Prices
Dail Éireann — 2022-09-20
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Eamon Ryan (GP), Dublin Bay South

As I understand the proposal by the Deputy's party, it would benefit the wealthiest households that use the most energy. Putting a cap in would enable those households to keep consuming energy in a way that would benefit them more than it would poorer households. I do not believe the alternative proposals being presented would give a better outcome. They are full of potential for eventual, knock-on consequences that would be deeply damaging to the State. We can agree or disagree on that but it is my assessment of the alternative proposals by the Deputy's party. I prefer the measures proposed by the European Commission, which we can more immediately apply, and the ones proposed by the Government.

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Sitting date: 2022-09-20