Patricia Ryan (Kildare South, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will ask my final question. The other questions have been answered.

The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council is of the view that one-off support measures are no longer justified due to energy prices reducing. Only wholesale energy prices have reduced. Energy suppliers are only going to pass on a percentage of the reductions, on a phased basis, to ordinary customers this coming November. This will come after the Government's two intended fuel price increases. We debated this last night in our Private Members' business. It seems to negate any supposed benefit ordinary people may have gained. Given the ongoing and most likely worsening cost-of-living crisis, should the Government factor in one-off supports as they would clearly be justified in the circumstances I have mentioned?