Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Does the Minister propose to compensate people on social welfare for the impact of the proposed increased carbon taxes, which would hit people on social welfare, particularly pensioners, extremely hard? Does this in effect mean we can anticipate that everyone who receives a weekly social welfare income will see a €5 a week increase? I cannot see how the Minister can do less than that if he is to change carbon taxes. It is almost impossible.