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

Again, the measures introduced by the Government are substantial on the income side in respect of providing funding to people to meet electricity bills, with substantial monthly payments from now until the end of the year. They should not be so lightly dismissed as the Government doing nothing. The scale and volume of those payments is unprecedented. In addition, there are other measures the Commission for Regulation of Utilities, CRU, has taken in respect of pay-as-you-go customers as well measures through additional needs and social protection.

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