This afternoon.
Jamestown Business Park, Jamestown Road, Finglas, Dublin, 11.
Mick McCrory (above), owner of Finglas Fuel supplies, prepares for a rush on wood. A €200 energy rebate to every household in the country was among the Government’s cost of living package announced yesterday.
Everybody huddle.
No Govt plans for further cost of living interventions (RTE)
Fianna Fáil TD Sean Fleming
“Rather than just complaining and [asking] ‘What’s the Government going to do for me?’, you can actually have a serious impact on your own finance, but it involves people having to do some work themselves.”
Sean Fleming on RTÉ Radio One’s Drivetime
Last night.
Meanwhile…
“I did not intend to imply people shouldn’t complain about the cost of living, that wasn’t my intention and for that I apologise.
“I was urging people to also shop around for best value, in addition to the measures being taken by the Government.
“The Government and Fianna Fáil take the issues around the cost of living very seriously. We are taking action to help ease the cost of living pressures many are currently facing.”
Sean Fleming TD
This morning.
Sean Fleming apologises for ‘tone deaf’ cost of living remarks (RTE)
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that the Government is looking at a range of measures to help combat the current rise in the cost of living | https://t.co/uN2IgtBJXz pic.twitter.com/wQpd5FgdOk
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) February 7, 2022
This afternoon.
“The priority right now is that we can bring in a range of measures that would cushion the blow for many, many people out there who clearly are suffering the impact of price rises and that is the agenda at the moment.
“The Minister for Public Expenditure and the Minister for Finance are working on ideas around that.”
“We have indicated more broadly that we are looking at charges, we are looking at costs that people have to bear. You will recall last week the Leaving Cert fees were waived, so we are looking at a range of charges that we could reduce costs for people in their ordinary, everyday lives.
“We want to do some measures like we did in the Budget, targeting people on low incomes to weather this particular inflationary cycle.
“We all need to be realistic in terms of what’s achievable.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin this afternoon.
We’re all in this together.
Govt has to plan for ‘medium term’ cost of living increases – Taoiseach (RTE)
Meanwhile…
#Grocery price #inflation in #Ireland reached its highest level (1.7%) since October 2020 in the latest 12-weeks putting household budgets under pressure, according to the latest data from @Kantar. https://t.co/yk9CxeBEdk
— European Supermarket Magazine (@esm_magazine) February 7, 2022
Taoiseach Micheál Martin
Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Leo Varadkar have both signalled that the Government is going to take further actions to counter the rising cost of living https://t.co/EXBw35EPUC
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) February 3, 2022
This morning.
Via RTÉ News:
Addressing the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party last night, Mr Martin said that the coalition Government is “conscious” about the rising cost of living, and how much of it is energy related.
He told his party’s TDs, Senators and MEPs that they are examining “a range of measures”, including reducing Government charges, in order to enable people to protect their disposable incomes.
Meanwhile…
…Around the same time, Mr Varadkar told a Fine Gael parliamentary party meeting that the planned €113 energy rebate “isn’t enough” to counter rising energy prices.
He also mentioned the potential of lowering Government fees and charges – saying rising inflation and higher prices means more needs to be done to help families.
That should do it.
Aodhán Ó Dé writes:
This happened last night. €6.80 for a pint in dublin. Never go to @thetemplebarpub #céadmílefáite? #poortourists
Thanks O
Meanwhile, from Galway-reared, Berlin-based writer Julian Gough:
Adding
Concluding:
Prompting a ‘gathering’ of invective..
To which Transmediale Festival-bound Gough responded:
Ouch.
