Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

What is it going to take to get the Taoiseach and his Government to act to help our people, from our elderly to our children? The paltry efforts being talked about now include the reduction of 20 cent a litre in the price of petrol, 15 cent a litre for road diesel, 2 cent a litre, which is an insult, for green diesel, the price of which has more than doubled in the past year, and nothing for home heating oil. This is an insult to the people we are supposed to represent. The Taoiseach is more beholden to Europe and to globalists than he is to serving the people of Ireland. That is quite evident in that he will not act. He has quoted European laws for VAT and everything else. How can other countries such as Poland, Sweden and Denmark bring down the cost of oil to 2018 prices, while we cannot do anything because of the high masters in Europe whom the Taoiseach must adore, along with honouring the globalists? That is what is wrong. The Government is in the pockets of the globalists and to hell with the people. Does the Government want the road hauliers to pull in on the side of the roads and to have no food delivered and the tractors to be parked in the fields not sowing or reaping? That is what is going to happen. The Government is staring this in the face and it will not look at it and will not see it. The Taoiseach should get out, meet the people and see what is going on.

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