Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As the Minister will know, the price of a litre of diesel and a litre of petrol at the pumps is up at around €2.15, €2.20 and, in some cases, even more. I very much welcome the Minister's intervention on 9 March with the financial resolutions that were brought before the House. They made a very big difference at the time and were very important to people. Unfortunately, the prices have crept up again. There is nothing wrong with governments adjusting and adapting as things evolve. I ask the Minister to bring forward further financial resolutions between now and the summer recess to try to help hard-pressed motorists who are really feeling it at the pumps at the moment. It is very expensive for people to get from A to B. The right thing to do would be for the Government to react further and to do more to intervene.

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