Séamus Healy (Tipperary South, Workers and Unemployed Action Group)

The implementation of this carbon tax on home heating oils from May 2012 is obscene because it is an attack on the elderly. Yesterday, we saw a 20% reduction in the fuel allowance, and in addition gas and electricity allowances were cut from 1 September this year. Independent professional research has shown that the lack of heat in wintertime leads to the deaths of elderly people from hypothermia. Age Action Ireland has already ask how low this Government can go. I would like to see this proposal withdrawn immediately.

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