Government to consider further action to help with rising energy costs – Tánaiste

“We have to see what else we can do beyond that, that’s affordable. There are many other demands on the public purse as people will know. The budget is still in deficit, we have to bear that in mind as well.”

Ms McDonald said Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe had recently said the Government had no plan to intervene with further measures before October’s budget. The Sinn Féin leader said according to the charity for older people Alone, many were now choosing between “heating or eating”.

Source: Energy Industry News (energyindustrynews.net)

Well fund your own people first, then worry about refugees etc!!!

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