Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy for raising the important issue of the cost of living. We have seen inflation slow in the past few weeks. It is easing but there is a big difference between inflation slowing down and the cost of living going down. The cost of living is not going down but is still rising, which is hurting many families and people. We have not made any decisions yet. We will do so over the course of the next few days and sign off on them at Tuesday's Cabinet meeting. The Deputy's point is well made that we need targeted measures for those who need the most help, in addition to universal measures, because there is not a family in Ireland that is not being impacted in some way by the high cost of living.

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