Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)

Not only have they gone along with that, but they have rolled over on the delivery of their agenda. It is pathetic. It is having a social impact, because people will not be able to afford to pay for fuel over the winter months, but neither is it dealing with the major environmental challenges posed by climate change. The only way we will see a significant change on climate change is to have legislation that pins the Government down, so that Ministers do not come in here with con tricks at budget time that leave people in the lurch in terms of fuel poverty.

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