Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----and first thing in the new year.

During that month, the second instalment of the energy credit will be paid and 70,000 or 80,000 more people will qualify for the fuel allowance. Pensioners and people on welfare will see those increases in their weekly payments during that month while the Dáil is in recess, although the Government will not be.

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