Patricia Ryan (Kildare South, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank my colleague Deputy O'Rourke for the opportunity to shed a little light on this, although perhaps not for everyone. Ireland's electricity prices have been spiralling skywards while the Government has sat on its hands, choosing to give energy credits that swelled the coffers and profits of energy providers while leaving electricity prices at eye-watering levels. Ordinary working people are struggling to find the extra €150 a month while ESB profits have ballooned 30% from €676 million in 2022 to a mind-blowing €868 million in 2023. No wonder more than 550,000 Irish households live in energy poverty. An older lady in my hometown of Monasterevin, in the constituency of the Minister of State-----

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