The Taoiseach has said the Government is"very conscious of the extraordinary pressures" on households and businesses, due to the"unprecedented level" of energy price increases.
The Fianna Fáil leader also referenced yesterday's Exchequer figures, which recorded a surplus of €6.3 billion at the end of August. Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore called on the Government to ensure in Budget 2023 that households and businesses are not landed with the costs of the dramatic energy price rises.
People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett dismissed the Taoiseach's statement that there are limits to what the Government can do in Budget 2023 to offset the rise in the cost of living.
You could start with being honest and take responsibility for causing this inflation through over spending and borrowing
Does anyone know do staff in private creches get a payrise too?next week
He'll still get his €6500 pay increase !!!
Not worthy of news as they are black possibly
MichealMartinTD not getting the results of his governments ineptitude.Cost of living may not B entirely their fault but the astonishing Virtue signalling,still continuing has made a crisis of their making, catastrophic.This is now,not just about energy costs, its much much more
The globalists will drop him like a hot spud when it suits them.
Easy for him with 6.5k increase oh sorry 9k for him
Ever since his friend Bertie linked politicians pay to the civil service via benchmarking politicians like Micheal Martin have become super wealthy and are completely out of touch. They have no idea what poverty feels like
With all the financial pressures on all aspects of society, the government won't be able to help everyone, but hopefully what ever supports are provided will be distributed fairly, and reach those most in need.
Translation: the plan is proceeding quite nicely, u pesants will be even more broke and enslaved by xmas
Carbon taxes, minimum unit pricing on alcohol, purposely pushing up house prices. These were all government policies that have hugely contributed to inflation.
Nice variation on the moral hazard schtick
Strategic inflation? It's runaway at this stage. He would want to be considering the punt at this stage. The euro is fu%%ed.
Sorry micheal it's about time to go with ye lot
It’s all about spin with this shower roll on the election
Quote straight from the WEF, if you know you know
MM was a member of the cabinet that bailed out the banks to the tune of €64 billion, but now he's telling struggling Irish households there are limits to what the government can do. He must think we came down in the last shower.
Just give me back my USC and we are square.
How about you start doing something that helps everyone instead of pandering to the ideals of a 2% party living in a fantasy world. If other EU states can take action what's stopping you?
The worst political class since the foundation of the state.
What has happened to the fighting Irish? Few European countries has been so docile and accepting of its demise over the past two years than Ireland. AndRTE- the propaganda state media deserves, like the politicians, to have every office raised and destroyed.
Theyll do the square root of FCUK ALL .
Did he give himself a pay rise after that statement ? 🙄
ESB profits:
They got 3 Billion to spend on Ukraine while we are being taxed into poverty by hyper-inflation. When will the cabbages wake up.
What a load of BULLSHIT
This Government must think most Irish people are cabbages to accept this corruption and BS. Lower the Tax on fuel, cap the price, lift the ban on turf, re-open the peat factories, no more data centers, we are full of useless Data Centers.
This should read...... Limits on how we will help Irish family's with cost of living as we are prioritising the rehousing of Ukrainians.
Just do it and stop drivilling. You dont know what a days work is
Did he mention his Pay Rise
so MichealMartinTD is just going to let lots of people suffer, he can do way more to help people he just doesnt bother, its the elderly and the poor i pity this winter. its going to be awful, he shouldnt be in charge if he isnt willing to help those in need
Yet most European countries have issued price caps already or reverted back to coal-generated electricity. I can't remember whether we knocked our peat-burning power stations down🤦♂️. Wow imagine what would happen if we switched them back on well other than the greens moaning.
FROM COVID NUMBERS TO INFLATION.. JUST LIKE THAT
I'm on €400,000 grand a year I'll be fine FLUTE 🙄
There’s no limits to the nonsense you spout when you open your mouth.
The Government can cap the price of Electric , Gas , oil , to a more affordable , encurage farmers to produce more vegetables instead of supermarkets importing , Fish , pigs , cows, poultry , should not be in the control of corporate companies .
Lol He can buy oil/gas from Russia, it's cheaper. Drop the price of duties!
We need a GE as soon as possible to get rid of these corrupt little rats. GEnow
He couldn’t care less about the average person
That u,gly looking dirty rotten snake needs to be removed BY US, he and his stad stories!!!! No more!!!!
All they have to do is have a floating tax rates on fuel that it can’t go beyond a level that it destroys the whole economy. Fuel isn’t expensive ,the tax is. If EU won’t allow , then Fuch EU
But no limits for them
No limits on what 'we' can do for Ukrainians.
Energy VAT rates slashed across Spain and elsewhere in EU, Germany fires up coal burning power stations, Hungary negotiates gas supply deal with Russia…limits only apply in Ireland MichealMartinTD ?
We need a hitler in government. Sort out this country in a month
£6.3bn surplus. Could have built 20,000 LA homes. But we don't do that any more. It would affect the price of rental property. That's what happens when you elect a govt. made up of landlords and developers... Not even one step removed from the 30 pieces of silver these days
Always limits for what they can do for the plebs but roll out the red carpet for their buddies and big biz. You are done MichealMartinTD FFFG’s dirty little secrets will be found out. 100 yrs of corruption.
Nothing ye can do hey? O surprise, huge budget surplus
Strategic way? 🤣. Like taking on the Russian Army and sanctioning Russian energy on behalf of vibrant Ukranian democracy? Yah, grayysh suggestion, Martin. What are you? A primary school teacher? Strategic. 🤣.
Were willing to do nothing says the government, you're on your own now. boycottbill
'Tighten your belts'
Fit to cry
Pack of thieves and scam artist s
There appears to be a lot of limits when dealing with your own people. Treasonous. BTW your recent attention seeking sympathy doesn’t wash with me.
You'll go down in history as the last ever leader of a fiannafailparty FineGael Government, MichealMartinTD - you've turned the public completely against you, while your corrupt and incompetent colleagues fill their pockets for the final time. 😡
What’s the point of them so?
Maybe stop letting unlimited Ukrainians in….wanker
Useless P---k.
Listen to this clown. Sprayed €48 billion of public money and set the inflationary fires raging. This crisis is his and his government’s doing.
USC = no limits.
You have to call an election is what you have to do !!
The can't do anything , they adopted the euro and surrendered sovereignty.
Only limits when it comes to the well-being of Irish people! Refugees, illegal immigrants and asylum seekers are better off in Ireland than the Irish!
What is he talking about. This country is very Rich. .But as always They Rich get Richer. And the poor get Poorer.Shame on you All.😖😖. This Government needs to Go.
What a tremendous bunch of useless humans
MichealMartinTD has his gold plated pension secure. Like the rest of these absolute chancers that's all that matters. None of these guys would last a month in the private sector.
We need a new government
Prick
Lift sanctions against russia and get fuel back to a reasonable price, cut taxes so people actually have money to spend and stop importing thousands of people u have no space for so the demand for housing finally eases, there u go problem solved u dozy prick :D
Give us all a 6.5k payrise for a start.
In all fairness are we going to down tools and hit the streets ffs it’s the only answer
What he really means is that they aren't going to do anything to help people during this cost of living crisis in case it hurts the big company's profits
Get read off taxes on energy bills !!!
It's everyman for themselves so
What was the first limit your €6500 pay rise for yourself and your corrupt cronies.Your a pathetic liar you and your like have destroyed this country.The sooner we see the back of ye the better no shame whatsoever
In Martin's double speak that means he will do nothing. Hypocrite
Limits? Nothing stopping the limits of their wage increases
We all just need to identify as ukrainians and then we will be well looked after.
They should tackle price fixing in the motor insurance sector
Guarantee you if it was investigated how much extra it is costing these companies to pay the increase they are paying for gas to supply us with electricity it will show there is no justification for the increases they put onto customers, surely some journalists are investigating
How strategic do you need to be WorstTaoiseachEver? By giving yourselves a €6.5K increase? Thats your energy Bills are looked after isnt it? What about the rest of us? Dont really give a a s*ite about the rest of us do you? Disgraceful
Limits as the ECB is in control of the 26 county state.
Everyone in northern ireland getting £400 towards energy bills, start will something like that you waste of skin
He is not living in the real world does he not even know what the people think of him
Translation: There are limits , so we won’t bother doing anything.
Just a thought for MichealMartinTD More can be done with less! whistleblowers create efficiency of public services as deficiency and corruption are exposed and eradicated. But, support for whistleblowers requires courage, which only those with nothing to hide can afford.
When are u going to ask 'why is state owned electric Ireland being allowed to increase prices for a 4th time in 16 months despite massive profits when the war started 6 months ago'? MichealMartinTD Paschald mmcgrathtd LeoVaradkar vonderleyen EUparliament DailMillionaires
So best thing to do is nothing and hope it resolves itself?
Funny that when it came to Dail salary increases for muppets like him they weren't too worried about limits. We the taxpayers pay their obscene salaries we must demand better from them
Never ever vote FG/FF.
No limits for the money sent to rotten Ukraine. But let the Irish suffer. Why are u serving ur WEF masters and not the Irish people? ScumMedia
No limit on covid spend , no limit on Ukrainians & the cost of that .. yet limits when it come to the putting money in the pockets of citizens.
Funny, there's no limit to what that thick can do for foreigners.
In other words we are going to do f**k all and let ye get rid rotten.
Open up peat burning power stations.
No limits for Ukrainians.. why Taoiseach why oh why
workers don't cause inflation but €6,500 increase for TDs in the autumn
First step should be to get rid of the overpaid clowns at the top. No more money for old rope!
Limits to what the government WANTS to do on cost of living
There's a limit to the Irish people's patience with the governments bullshit.
Martin knows how to run a country, into the ground. Remember he was part of the FF gov. that bankrupted the country and instead of retiring in ignominy he is now taoiseach.People elected him again and now he and his pals who are destroying the country this time irretrievably.
“It’s all about collecting taxes baby”
People will be paying the cost of lockdowns for years to come.
We've sold you off and we won't be buying you back .
Let me fact check that for ya Mehole...
Hes a clown...but he knows what he's doing. God help the people of Ireland. He sold his soul to get the job but his legacy will be forever on the wrong side of history.
Remind us what you (we), I say you because there isn’t a fag paper between FF/FG, did for the banks MeHole (MichealMartinTD )
No limits to yet another pay rise that ye will all happily take to add to your already inflated wages....without a care in the world right..😡
The Meaning of Life.....Strategic way...
Yep EU limits...
There are no limits to what you can do for yourselves or the masters you serve. I am really not sure Martin thinks he will be remembered but the worst Taoiseach Ireland has ever had just scratches the surface. A spineless worm that wanted to be called leader. He's not a leader.
Of course, they are limits.
Time to charge energy prices independently….green energy shouldn’t be charged the same as Gas…. It’s a total nonsense… van der lyen and EU ministers are talking this week about it
When are ever gonna call these bluffers out? None of the issues that people are dealing with or will have to face in the coming months will affect Martin, Varadkar, Ryan etc. These clowns get away with scandal after scandal and the media refuse to ever call them out
Covid taught us all a lot about FFG’s supposed “limits”. The constraints are the small thinking politicians whose first instinct is always “oh, we can’t do that”.
And you've sent isn't it a billion to Ukraine for another scam.
Wait you spent billions on'covid'which was a scam.
Martin is a corrupt liar who backs corrupt liars. Don't believe a single think that comes out of his mouth.
Leave out the words cost of living and there's nothing new in that statement. They definitely have severe limitations.
No limits to Covid money or refugees.. something stinks.
But “no limit” on the number of people who he invited to join us to experience the financial catastrophe first hand?
there's a lot more you can do,when you hear the likes of the esb are getting bonus next Easter that's a kick in the gut
People will have to identify as vulture funds to get government help.
That’s a pure load of bull ye can do something but ye don’t want to do anything only let people suffer im so looking forward to the next election and ye shower of clowns come knocking
Code for doing nothing..
You don’t want to upset the money men
Not in other countries
So in other words you are on your own lads
But i'm sure when it goes tits up we will have to suffer the austerity!
Take away the TDs expenses and private cars and see how quick those limits on what they can do disappear
There was no limits when the country went bust
Giving yereselves a €6,500 payrise really shows that alright
Is he speaking for landlords or general public
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