Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

BP and Shell are international companies. They are not companies that are based here and they are not companies that are, in the round, taxed here. It does show this is an international problem. The main driver of inflation is the rise in gas and oil prices, which is affecting us here, and that drives up the cost of other things too. The main drivers are international. That is the underlying cause.

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