Seanad debates
Wednesday, 26 March 2003
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages.
The Minister said to the House that prices of clothing and footwear have come down. She should point out the shops where this is so, to me and to those on small incomes. I do not know what shops she is referring to. Charges have risen for electricity, gas, transport and television licences. All the basic price indicators for people on low incomes are heading in the wrong direction. I put it to the Minister that at the end of this year, the increases provided in the budget will not have compensated people for the inflationary pressures in our economy. The data shows that inflation is heading sky-high. That will continue over the next six months.
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