Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I want to know from the Tánaiste specifically what he will do in this budget for people experiencing fuel poverty - those families who cannot pay their bills. What will he do about the fuel allowance and the smokeless fuel support payment? People hear the rhetoric about the "bigger picture" that the Tánaiste delivers that we are on the receiving end of global forces, but that is of no comfort to those whose homes are cold. What does he have in mind and what will he line up? Will he give comfort by saying he will not be as mean-spirited as he was in the last budget, particularly in respect of the fuel allowance?

See this speech in context