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

The €125 lump sum for fuel helps those on very low incomes. The threshold for the drugs payment scheme coming down to €80 benefits workers, particularly workers and families with high medical bills. Capping school transport charges helps workers. Those are measures we took. The 20% reduction in public transport fares helps workers, particularly those getting the bus or train to work. It helps them if we can reduce their everyday expenses. I accept that it will not deal with the entirety of it because this is a worldwide phenomenon that we have to deal with and get through. Equally, the economic model the Deputy wants to create, which is his legitimate aspiration, would destroy the economic model that, overall, has served-----

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