Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Government raised the fuel allowance last autumn because it realised it was inadequate even at the old prices. The free electricity allowance has been at the same level for a long time. It no longer relates to units but to a cash amount. In the old days, if the price went up, the units allowed stayed the same so it made no difference and the cost did not increase. However, that was changed. The reality is that everybody got the extra money for electricity so nothing has been done for those on the household benefits package on the electricity side. I mean no disrespect to the Minister but she is distorting the figures slightly because she is conflating things with the fuel allowance that was given before the rise in prices due to Ukraine. What will the response be now that prices have gone up 74% due to Ukraine? There has been an increase of over 30% in gas prices and huge increases in electricity prices and €125 is the total response.

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