Cost of Living: Motion
Seanad Éireann — 2022-06-15
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Paddy Burke (FG), Agricultural Panel

-----take money out of the economy and close the economy down. That is what they said. Now they say we should pump money into it. Pumping the money into it has paid off when you look at what has happened. People's salaries had been reduced. Everything was reduced. Social welfare was reduced. Hospital services were reduced. However, all of those have been expanded over the last number of years. When you talk to people and employers they compliment Governments on what they have done and the hard decisions they had to make and will have to make.
I agree with the motion that we need some action in certain areas that have been outlined and it should be over the next number of weeks, in particular. Transport is very costly, as is the cost of fuel. Those areas have been highlighted here and I have no doubt the Minister will take those on board and that the Government will act on those issues in the very near future.

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Sitting date: 2022-06-15