Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)

Deputies Seamus Healy and Catherine Murphy have made the point that this measure will lead to more winter deaths. Delaying it until next May does not make it any more palatable. It is a vicious attack on the most vulnerable sector of society. There is a double whammy on petrol, which will be economically damaging because VAT is also being increased. All these cuts will disproportionately hit the least well-off.

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