Workers and families are struggling to heat their homes but the Government has done nothing in relation to the spiralling costs of home heating oil
We need a €15million discretionary fund for those locked out of Fuel Allowance, & to extend FA eligibility – @ClaireKerrane pic.twitter.com/zPwfzUiiky
— Sinn Féin (@sinnfeinireland) March 15, 2022
This morning.
Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2.
Sinn Féin spokesperson on Social Protection, Claire Kerrane (top) calling on a fund for those ineligible for a Fuel Allowance to help cover some of the price increases for petrol and diesel.
Meanwhile…
Most of the country’s school transport companies cannot guarantee service provision up to June, the Coach Tourism and Transport Council of Ireland has warned.
A survey carried out by the body has shown spiralling fuel costs could now lead to a reduction in services.
The survey offers an insight into the crisis engulfing the sector.
It says 95% of all school transport companies say it is not commercially viable to continue running services up to June, without any government support.
Soaring fuel prices leave school bus network on brink of collapse (Irish Examiner)