Cost of living crisis sees people 'choose heat or food'

Ireland has a "cost of living crisis", Social Democrats co-leader Catherine Murphy has said, saying those who are struggling are being forced to choose between heating their home and putting food on the table.

In the Dáil, she accused the Government of "tinkering around the edges" with its budgetary tax policy and said the 30 cent increase in the minimum wage had been "decimated" by inflation. Mr Varadkar rejected the accusation that the Government's income tax cuts were tinkering around the edges, saying a worker on a wage of €40,000 per year could, over three years, expect to have €2,400 a year more in the pocket.Mr Varadkar said he accepted that when it came to childcare and healthcare, Ireland's costs were out-of-step with our EU partners and this was an area he would focus on "in particular" over the coming years.

Hardly worry Catherine and her champagne socialist hypocrites!

She shouldn't leave out the drink and drugs from the equation. Not sure about the drugs but the drink definitely has.

Green policy will have people freezing 🥶.

Kill two birds with one stone and get a curry - FineGael

Well done Catherine. The first intelligent observation that I have read today. Now, what are the government going to do as a matter of urgency to address the matter. Please don’t say establish another group to look at it or say the term in the coming weeks. We need action NOW

One mid size nuclear power station would be more than enough to facilitate our energy requirements plus a good deal more. Especially with more data centres on the way and it would do so greenly.

Carbon taxes should be scrapped. The market price is high enough to encourage people to reduce consumption without carbon taxes on top.

Our mad Green policies have contributed to this....Ban on gas exploration fracking and gas storage....Shutting down two power stations...Relying on gas pipeline from England for our gas supply....This is power generation today....

This refers to people working low paid jobs for a living, and not asylum scammers or home grown entitlement scroungers in free housing/welfare for life.

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