An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business Dail Éireann — 2023-02-14 ============================================================ Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West -----since the mid-2000s; the largest ever expansion of the fuel allowance scheme; increased thresholds for the working family payment; a major expansion of the hot meals schools programme; an increase in the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance; two fuel allowance lump sums; universal energy credits of €600 for every household; a reduction in student fees; a 25% reduction in childcare costs; a 20% reduction in public transport fees; a reduction in the drug payment scheme for medicine costs; reductions in VAT; and reductions in excise. We will meet later in the week to see what else we can do to help. --- Source: Houses of the Oireachtas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The Official Report is revised after first publication; the fetch timestamp below identifies the version quoted. Record URI: https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/dail/2023-02-14/debate/main Retrieved: 2026-08-14T04:51:34+00:00 Sitting date: 2023-02-14