Tax Code
Dail Éireann — 2026-05-26
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Pearse Doherty (SF), Donegal

There is a difference there in the first instance. That is a bit of a smokescreen in relation to an action. The reality is that the Minister does not want to do this. The European Commission has given him the power to do it and, of course, he should do it. Let us look at the last time we saw money collected. We know that €178 million is still sitting there. That was money that was supposed to directly support workers and families with the cost of electricity. I told the Minister earlier on. There are 320,000 families who cannot pay their electricity bill and the Minister has sat on a fund of €178 million for the past three years that is just sitting there. It is ridiculous.

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