Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)

I seek an adjournment of the Dáil under standing order 32 to raise a matter of national importance namely, the proposed cuts in the gas allowance, from €489 to €393 per annum, while Bord Gáis and energy providers are seeking increases in charges of up to 28%, and the appalling effect of this on people, particularly older people, carers, people with disabilities and lone parents who are dependent on these already inadequate payments to heat their homes.

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