Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2023-05-23
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Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

-----is paid out to a lot of people, and rightly so. How is the Government acting? We brought in energy credits, with €600 already taken off the bills of every household in the country. There is the business scheme. We decided today that we are extending it to July and introducing a special scheme for businesses that use kerosene, particularly in rural Ireland. We have reduced the VAT rate to 9%, the lowest VAT rate we have ever had for electricity and gas, and that is helping people with their bills. We have taken a special dividend off ESB of €300 million which we can use to help people with their bills. We have legislation on a windfall tax being developed at the moment. Those are the actions the Government is taking and they are practical actions that are making a difference in people's lives.

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Sitting date: 2023-05-23