Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)

There were recent news reports about rising food costs and that people are struggling with increased petrol costs and so on. Why should people want to pay more for their petrol or gas? I find this incredible. I notice the report stated that people were in favour of tough measures, such as carbon taxes. These are basically tough measures affecting individuals, which will add to inflation and so on. What about tough measures for the Government, such as better public transport? The Government should be faced with tough measures.

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