Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We need to be updated on those discussions. There has to be an immediate response, or one that is as immediate as possible. There are growing conversations in many EU countries about ending imports of Russian oil and gas into the future. Has the Government considered what the State can do to secure its energy supply if this comes to pass? We were told all the time that the Corrib gas project would secure our energy supply. That has not been the case, although a proportion is supplied from the Corrib field. We must do something more and something immediate. People are really suffering. I welcome the fact that the Tánaiste will be visiting Castlebar tomorrow. He will be in a town where people are suffering as a result of rent increases and many other cost-of-living increases they are experiencing at present. They are looking to the Government for solutions, answers and help at this extremely difficult time.

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