Energy and Fuel Costs: Motion [Private Members]
Dail Éireann — 2026-03-18
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Darragh O'Brien (FF), Dublin Fingal East

Deputy Doherty is very excitable and I promise I will not interrupt him even though I might feel like I should. People will make up their own minds on what he is saying. There are many people out there who are vulnerable at the moment. Government is committed to assisting them and we will bring forward targeted measures - a number of measures - not just for households but for the sector as well. With that in mind, I met the Irish Road Haulage Association. I am meeting it tomorrow morning. I spoke with them at length last week as well. There are pressures also in relation to businesses and we need to focus this all in the round and that is exactly what we will do. While we do that we need to protect investment in our energy system, protect our economy and protect Exchequer funds as well. Deputy Doherty and his party cannot just make up Financial Resolutions on the back of an envelope and say they will scrap supports for households of up to-----

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Sitting date: 2026-03-18