Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2026-04-29
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

What happens in October if this crisis does not abate? What happens in January? What happens our housing investments or our investments across in education, health and childcare? The USC brings in €5 billion to €6 billion. The Deputy wants something for everyone in the audience. She wants universal energy credits. She wants to give credits to the wealthiest in society. She does not believe in targeting anymore. Her measures, if they were brought in, would bring about 2% or 2.5% to inflation. We know who suffers most when inflation goes up - it is lowest income groups. That is not politically fanciful for the Deputy. She has a by-election coming and she wants to win as many votes as she can, so she wants to say, "Let us spend €4 billion and give it out to everybody."
That is what she is doing. Let us be under no illusion that that is what is afoot here.

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Sitting date: 2026-04-29