Cost of living

I live on the side of a mountain, in a 200 year old cottage also and I hear you .

It's just been announced €200 rebate on your electricity bill coming in march/April and a one off payment of €125 for those in receipt of fuel allowance, payable in mid march . It might allievate some of the pain 🤔

Good news! The government have arranged for a 20% price cut on the Luas for you.

🤣🤣, what's a Luas 🤔 asking for all my neighbours 😁

And you have to pay parking when you get to the bus stop or train station.

Watching it now on RTE news. They are xxxxing dillusional. They have announced nothing for the average person. Pascal is waffling about the European Unemployment Rate being the lowest ever and how we have a robust recovery.

Bring back Tony Holohan and put him in charge. At least he knew how to take actions.

Trouble ahead - one of the basics of measures like this is being seen to be fair. Do I detect the Greens hands in the public transport measure?

If so, they really know how to piss people off.

Just seen what help people are getting, the €200 fuel rebate, fares reduce and bringing WFP increase forward but that's about it or have i missed something, ,disappointing

McGrath just said "we can't predict the future with certainity".

Well you don't have to be Nostradamus to predict that after tonights sh1tshow there will be fewer than 10 FF/FG TDs outside the M50 this time 2 years.

I'm sure I heard Michael Mc Grath say 400k households will benefit from the fuel allowance bonus payment, given only one person in any household gets this is he seriously saying 400k homes in Ireland get fuel allowance, that can't be right.

But yes, they are completely deluded, our unemployment rate would be over 500k if they weren't still paying PUP and EWSS, and watch this space when those payments are withdrawn shorty.

A few days after announcing an €8 billion retrofit scheme few will be able to afford, now this 🙄

Few if any small businesses have been able to deal with legacy debts built up during the pandemic, there's a pile of economic shyte coming.

Nothing for renters, nothing for mortgage payers (Highest interest rates in Europe)

I'm greatful for the few bob towards my electric bill but not at all sure they've done enough.

I'm sorry about your illness and hopefully on the road to recovery 😏, I've a long term illness and have a full medical card for which I'm greatful.

Just re changing energy supplier, its not quite as beneficial as it once was. All suppliers have hiked prices, I went on to Bonkers and they essentially told me, I'd be Bonkers to change. Admittedly, I'm a low usage customer but government could have looked at the outrageous levies and standing charges. Rural customers actual pay a higher standing charge than urban customers, I actually pay more in levies and standing charges than I do for electricity.

You've missed nothing I'm afraid, Renters , completely ignored and pretty much middle and low income earners.

Your looking well @kerryjack 😁 yes the bill is a bit wild alright Albeit OP mentioned two people on disability so might be additional heating required/ medical equipment etc .

I know a number of pensioner's who have worked it out that's is cheaper in the thousands for them to do a long term, off season rental on the canaries which they do from October to April , come home for Christmas for a week and back. Return to Ireland for summer. The cost of living , food, etc a fraction of what it costs in Ireland. Obviously it's not feasible for everyone but I'd definitely do it If I reach retirement age 😁

I'm not too long off , but don't tell anyone 😁

I suspect that why people come back for a few weeks at Christmas, apart from the stuffed turkey and trimmings 😁

Indeed your wonderful cat must get priority 😏

So I get 200e off an electricity bill that’s already about 300 too much, woop de **** doo. Yet again the people who work on the levels just outside the grants for heating etc get screwed again.

Drop some of that insane tax take you make off the pumps for a start, undo the MUP and tell Eamon and the rest of those leafy suburb climate bollixologists to **** off - no more carbon tax increases or any of that other “tax our way out of climate change” bullshit. Time for the kids to go to bed and the adults to start sorting **** out.

Just watching the predicted row over this on the late debate, there's a clown from FF trying to defend the infensible, utterly clueless, essentially doesn't understand how the eligibility criteria for fuel allowance works and seems to think CWO at local intero centres wear a full time Halo and are deserving of sainthoods 🙄

Edit

Apologies its actually Fergus O Dowd TD FG making an ejit of himself

What about Tory Island? Build a bridge from Magheraroarty pier so the Luas can reach them?

A now steady on 🤣 there won't be much Punts left after 33 government ministers head off on their St Patrick's Junkets ,covering all corners of the Globe.

I agree, I mentioned this earlier, I've long being paying more in levies and standing charges than I do for actual electricity 👍

I'm sensing it's an owner occupier home and if it's like my 200 year old cottage (before I renovated it) this scheme will either require substantial borrowings or strict criteria attached for those in receipt of "Certain SW payments " to get 100% grant and all this aside from the possibility ,if it takes off (and I doubt it will) , a decade for retrofitters to get to them 🤔