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

The Deputy needs to understand that there is a war on, which is the fundamental factor behind the exponential growth in oil and gas prices. As for our response to that, we are reducing the price of petrol and the price of diesel. That is what the Government is deciding right now. In addition, the Government has decided to give additional supports to people through cuts in electricity payments of €200, €125 for those on the free fuel allowance, a reduction in public transport fares, which will benefit 800,000 people-----

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