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

Amy cannot get her child to a hospital visit. I am not asking the Taoiseach to control international events through some miracle. I know he cannot control them. Neither can I. Nobody here can. I am asking the Taoiseach to do every single thing he can, and to do so quickly, to ensure that mothers like Amy, couples like Lorraine and her partner, workers and small businesses are not totally caught in the grip of the panic that is setting in because people simply cannot make ends meet. I put the proposition to the Taoiseach yesterday that he should cut excise duty on diesel and petrol and get the cost down to approximately €1.75 per litre, although I accept that people will still struggle with that.

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