Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)

Referring to being short-changed, if the Deputy looks at the measures the Government has brought in recent years, the various one off measures brought in on budget day did make a difference to people at a time during which the cost of living was so high and inflation was going up. In regard to the carbon tax the Deputy referred to, it is also the case that carbon tax funded the allocation of €951 million to various measures that are helping not only with fuel poverty but with the transition to a lower carbon future. Every day of the week, Members from the Deputy's party look for more of these measures while being against the taxes that pay for them. I have to be honest in acknowledging that if we want to invest more in a greener and lower carbon future, we need to have a way of paying for it. The Deputy does not take the same approach.

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