Inflation Rate
Dail Éireann — 2025-12-09
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Pearse Doherty (SF), Donegal

Is it not great for someone in the Minister's position to talk about getting back into the "normal rhythm" of something soon? When I go back to Donegal and talk to my constituent who simply cannot heat her home, I will tell her not to worry because the Minister says we are going to get back into the "normal rhythm" of things in a couple of years, closer to an election no doubt. It will be closer to an election because that is what the Minister does. He gives plenty of promises in the run-up to the election but, first thing after an election, promise after promise is broken. The Government brought forward a budget that had inflation rates nearly half of what they are currently. Things are worse off. That is why people in wheelchairs were outside the Dáil today. That is why they are coming up in the middle of a storm saying to the Government and the Minister that they need emergency supports this winter. The Minister needs to hear the pleas of the nearly 500,000 people who cannot heat their homes at this point in time, or is the message to them that they have to buckle up and tighten their belts until, in a couple of years’ time and closer to a general election, it will be okay again and we will get back into the "normal rhythm" of things?

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Sitting date: 2025-12-09