Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I think Dr. Doorley and Dr. Farrell are confusing two things. They may believe that people living in rural Ireland who cannot access public transport are all on social welfare. Many are working and paying their taxes and will not benefit from an increase in social welfare payments. The people I am talking about are the working people who, through carbon tax, must pay more to go to work to support the economy and their families. They have no alternative and will not have one for a good few years yet. Where is the just transition for them? It is argued that we should increase social welfare benefits but the people I know who are paying more in carbon tax to put fuel in their cars to go to work have no recourse. Perhaps an additional tax credit could be provided to neutralise the additional carbon tax for those who have to use their cars. They are the people who seem to be paying all the time.