Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I understand the matter of the measurement of the response. Measurement of the success of some of the measures that have been introduced will of course take time. The TBESS, for instance, is only in its infancy and it will take time. The energy credit has had obvious beneficial effects on households up and down the country but as we move towards the latter end of the year, we will be at the end of autumn and into winter. We may then be in the same scenario we find ourselves in now. While I fully appreciate that the Minister is not going to announce Government policy or budgetary policy for 2024 on the floor of the House in January, the understanding that there is an acceptance that further measures may have to be taken will probably be sufficient for the public and that there are certain financial constraints that we as a Government will have to adhere to. However, that flexibility is built into the budget and that is one of the points I would like to get across.

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