Micheál Martin (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail)

There will be supports in the budget to support people in dealing with the cost of living. Food inflation in Ireland in May was 4%. We are mid-table across the European Union. This is a Europe-wide phenomenon. It is a global phenomenon in terms of what is happening with the energy crisis.

I love the way the Deputy tosses out an aside to the effect that infrastructure is on the Government-----

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