Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

I ask that the information the Minister gets from the Minister, Deputy Ryan, be made public today. There is a lot of concern out there about this issue. It is five days to the budget. It is true that the Minister does not have responsibility for energy but as the Minister for Finance, I would have thought he would have known the answer to that question at this point. We had the situation during Covid with regard to gas that whereas previously an allowance was made that people could go €5 over the limit before there was a disconnection, this was increased to €100 in the course of the Covid crisis. I am presuming and hoping that similar measures have been put in place this time around. I accept that if the Minister is not in a position to clarify the question this morning, he will, I hope, be in a position to clarify it to a large number of people out there who are asking questions before the end of today.

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