An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2025-10-14
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

-----and extending it into the working family payment, which will bring in a significant cohort of working people who are on relatively low incomes. We are spending an unprecedented amount on funding and targeting the measures. The quote the Deputy used is a bit distorted because I said it in the context of Deputy Murphy wanting universal credits for everybody, irrespective of income or wealth. That was the context because that would bail out the energy companies, ultimately, and incentivise them to keep increasing prices. There needs to be pressure on the companies.

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