Peadar, what suggestion do you have now to improve the situation? It's all well and good to point out and rant, but as a TD, I would expect you to go beyond public outrage posting and provide a solution.

Meanwhile each IPAS resident gets €38.80 a week (€29.80 per child), free GP and hospital care, contraception through the medical card, meals and a hotel or centre bed with no bills. They also get an initial clothing payment plus extra one-off grants for clothes or other essentials, arrival screening for HIV and other infections, and a move onto the housing list and HAP once they get status.

I’d hope Peadar if the lady is entitled to the fuel allowance of €38 a week she gets it. Even still. I understand under EU rules there has to be VAT. Maybe this needs to be looked at on a wider EU level perhaps.

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Remember though that the fuel allowance in Ireland pays €38 per week for 28-weeks of the year which comes to €1,064 leaving her €204 towards electricity. Carbon taxes are criminal but at least the elderly get help with their costs. Many tax payers receive no assistance.

Let them finish their Steak and Lobster in the Finest NYC restaurants today and then they will get back to you on this.

US Data centres are using 20% of Irelands electricity supply and set to use 30% by 2030 and our water. US illegal wars are increasing energy prices, food, cost of living and inflation. At a time when Ireland is trying to build more renewable energy capacity we’re allowing the expansion of these water and energy sucking data centres See the issue here? This is not sustainable and not in Irelands interest. @MaryLouMcDonald @moneillsf @MichealMartinTD @simoncoveney @SimonHarrisTD @LeoVaradkar

What's going to be done about it ? Seek for a general election, protest the dail and don't leave, do something rather than words

They are scum they want old people dead so they don't collect pensions and frees up places for African's

Where’s the PBP and the rest of the bleeding heart socialists on this? Down at Doonbeg and Mount Mellaray and not speaking for the poor and the Wallys who voted for their lies. PBP- Stalinists the lot of them

If they want anarchy - they'll get it. This needs to stop before any budget is signed seal and delivered.

Well someone has to pay for Politicians Expense Claims

That's the going rate. In Russia, I believe it's 22c a litre for the consumer. Why we should be crucified with tax is always going to be the question. There shouldn't be a cent of carbon tax on fuel. That's first. How much are the wholesalers making? They don't say. Ever.

Our Corrupt government doesn't care about Irish Women Girls and especially the Elderly

It's our duty to look after our elderly, minimum wage is up continuously meanwhile elderly woman are collecting plastic bottles from bins at night ashamed. It's not them that should be ashamed.

Well Billionaires need a new yacht more than a pensioner needs heating in the winter. Now if you were in power, how would you go about taxing the wealthy to take the burden off the ordinary Irish citizen. We are serfs in our own country, this time put on the spit by politicians.

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And the 180 in tax would probably provide 2 months of heating it's bloody shameful

And we have thousands of 3rd World parisites living here and getting everything for nothing, when is enough going to be enough...it's sickening!

It’s disgraceful at the mine throughout most of Europe. The prices in the UK for fuel are astronomical too. I’ve been documenting the large spikes:

I'm at the pump every week buying kero now. Even to haul it yourself, it's 1.53 a liter,which the elderly or disabled can't do.. It's going to be a tough winter.

Muchael Martin couldnt care less as far as i can see .

Unfortunately it is nowhere near high enough yet. The clouds are forming for a perfect storm to awake the masses. Is it going to take watching your kids scavenge in bins? They arent going to stop now. Prepare for that.

Ah, sure maybe Mehole and Co will come with a belter of an idea, like they usually do. Maybe they will recommend sending the old folks to the Ipas centres to warm their little frost bitten toes and maybe even share a bowl of soup with click-click and mohammed!!!

Not a tap has been done by our govt to ease the burden on people relying on kerosene. They help the hauliers. They help those with fuel allowance... Refuced excise duty on fuel . But absolutely nothing to heat your home. Shocking, cynical & callous... get these morons out asap.

Disgusting,our government will keep blaming the wars or even COVID or something

So, even if they charged zero tax it would still be 680 euro for half a tank!

Yeah well there is loads of money to send to Ukraine to poke a nuclear super power.

When FG came go power in 2011 the excise duty in 1000 litres was €36 it’s now over €160 which together with the VAT on the excise duty alone comes to €190

The elderly are mentioning costs more. I’ve heard my own mam chatting to friends. Thats not like them 😔

82 yo woman. Council installed air heat system. Average bill ever 2 months is 500€ for 1 bed house.

They make 74cents off a liter of diesel. Greedy cunts.

Let's cover her heating now

It’s almost like they’re intentionally trying to kill off “peasants”. This is disgraceful.

€180, nice! I am the greatest Finance Minister ever