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

To be fair there is no doubt about the impact of the energy crisis on people's bills and the challenges it presents. There will be an energy credit in the March and April period of up to €200. There is also the doubling of the free fuel allowance and various payments. We have an additional payment for pensioners over and above the energy credit. There will be a payment in April of a further €200. When we look at the overall picture, approximately 3.5% of GNI, which is more than €9.5 billion, plus the measures we took last week, have been allocated to households. This is €4,500 potentially per household on average. It is probably one of the largest government interventions in the energy crisis across Europe.

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