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

Everybody knows the cause of this is an unprecedented war on the Continent of Europe that nobody anticipated. In advance of that war, there was a deliberate strategy to cut energy and fuel supplies. There is no question about that now, in the full light of day. Unfortunately, that has created very negative impacts on us all, particularly workers and people on very low incomes. That is why, as I said earlier, that we need an inclusive, comprehensive and sensible response, as a country, to two major crises in a year.

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