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

We need a Dáil debate on the issue of this cold snap. We need a debate on how we will help people to keep their homes warm despite the massive increases in gas and electricity prices. The Government will say there is the €200 credit, but there are households who are burning through that €200 energy credit in the seven to ten days of this cold snap alone. Some of these households are on pay-as-you-go and could face the threat of disconnection this Christmas. There have been a lot of Elvis Presley references here in the past hour but it is now or never on this issue. We need a Dáil session to be organised on this, and if necessary the Dáil needs to meet on Friday to discuss it. We cannot have people being disconnected over Christmas.

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