Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There are two points there. As I said yesterday and today, we are monitoring this very closely and working out how best we can help to reduce household bills for people in terms of electricity. We are conscious also of the huge pressures on hauliers that have arisen due the general global increase in pricing caused by the economic rebound resulting from the relaxation of Covid measures throughout the summer and early autumn.

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