An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2025-05-07
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Jack Chambers (FF), Dublin West

I acknowledge the ongoing issue of high energy prices across our economy, and that is why the outgoing Government, including through budget 2025, sought to support families through the electricity credit scheme. In the context of budget 2025, we will be specifically targeting any type of support that could be made available to individuals or families through the social protection system. We have been clear that we are going to move away from universal measures in the context of any support for families.
Specifically relating to what the Deputy referred to, I will ask the relevant Minister, Deputy Darragh O’Brien, to respond on the specific allocation made in the time of the previous Government and on what was introduced then. I will ask him to provide the Deputy with the factual information.

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