Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)

I will speak about the impact on businesses and ordinary people. Is it not a fact that the savage gas and electricity price rises are having a devastating impact on business? Of the agencies that represent business, ISME claims that energy price rises in the past five years have been the No. 1 enemy of SMEs, the Irish Exporters Association warns that the large increase in energy costs must be addressed urgently and IBEC states that 52,408 employees in 120 companies are at immediate risk because of the failures of the Minister's policies. He is responsible because he can make legislation and change the CER.

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