Leo Varadkar urges employers to give workers a pay rise to cope with inflation

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has faced intense pressure to help Irish people who are being “fleeced” by the soaring cost of living which will see their bills rise by up to €1,300 this year.But Tanáiste Leo Varadkar has said employers should give their workers’ a pay rise if they can afford it, to help with the rising cost of living.

Labour leader Alan Kelly hit back at Mr Martin and said workers have every right to look for a pay increase “because your government will not deal with it and you can’t sit there and say they shouldn’t.” She said the €100 energy credit for each household which the Cabinet signed off on on Tuesday is “not a game changer” and has come too late.

He said Russia’s behaviour and approach to restricting gas supply to the West is also adding to inflation.

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