An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2023-09-20
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Mary Lou McDonald (SF), Dublin Central

The Government increased the price of petrol and diesel on 1 September. People can see the consequences of that at the pumps. Incredibly, the Government proposes to increase fuel prices even further, with a double whammy on 11 October and 31 October. Fuel prices, as a consequence, will hit close to €2 per litre. I do not know how the Government expects hard-pressed families that are struggling anyhow to absorb this type of price hike. It is unacceptable that it would proceed with these price hikes. They should be stopped and I would like the Minister to tell the people today that they will not, in fact, go ahead.

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Sitting date: 2023-09-20