Leo Varadkar

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Leo Varadkar outlines three supports that could be coming down the ... (Irish Mirror)

Ahead of Fine Gael's meeting in Kilkenny today, Leo Varadkar has outlined a number of measures the party are considering to help with the rising cost of ...

“This is very clear to me that there will have to be action next year as well as this year. He said: “So, you get to keep more of the money you earned. It’s important that we help people throughout next year as well,” he said. The first of which is help with energy bills. The second is an income tax package to help working people. We don't want them losing more than half of that in income tax.”

Leo Varadkar says he doesn't want people worrying about bills over ... (Sunday World)

Leo Varadkar has said he wouldn't want people in December worrying about the January bill as he suggested that new energy credits may be on the way.

So we need to be conscious of the fact that if we help people with the October/November bill, we can’t leave them with no help at all for the December/January bill,” he said. So we need to make sure that the response from Government is sufficient and scale to restore people’s confidence that their living standards aren’t going to fall precipitously. But you know, I wouldn’t want people in December worrying about the January bill,” said Varadkar. “It’s all based on the price of gas. And that doesn’t make any sense. Like that doesn’t stand to reason for me.”

Varadkar suggests Govt may introduce two energy credits (RTE.ie)

Tánaiste and Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar has suggested there may be an energy credit in the New Year, as well as one in the run-up to Christmas.

He said the approach to respond to this crisis has to be "enough" to save businesses and reassure the vulnerable also. He said the energy inflation crisis is different to Covid-19, but the uncertainty on how long it will go on for is similar. Please review their details and accept them to load the content. Mr Varadkar said the one-off Budget package for this year will be paid for out of a surplus as he referred to how Ireland is responding to this cost-of-living crisis. "It is very clear to me there will have to be action next year as well as this year," he said. Mr Varadkar said it would be sensible for Ireland to have its own LNG storage, but "how you do that is a matter for debate".

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar ahead the Fine Gael think in (Newstalk)

Fine Gael members meet in Kilkenny on Friday. Today is the first of a two-day think-in for Fine Gael, wherein the party members will discuss ways for how ...

Fine Gael members meet in Kilkenny on Friday. Shane was joined this morning live from the think-in by... Tánaiste Leo Varadkar ahead the Fine Gael think in

Households to receive third energy rebate early next year (Irish Examiner)

Leo Varadkar said it would make "no sense" to help people with energy bills this year and then leave people "on their own" if prices continue to soar next ...

The other is to help people with energy credits or discounts," he said. People will need help after Christmas as well. That doesn't stand to reason for me.

Cost of living Ireland: Leo Varadkar reveals three money saving ... (RSVP Live)

Next year's budget will be announced on the 27th of September, and will involve a cost of living package aiming at easing the financial burden on households ...

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Irish energy price cap cannot be ruled out, Varadkar says (BreakingNews.ie)

The Tánaiste said Ireland would examine the options to deal with the energy crisis and strike a balance.

He said it was important to “keep something in the tank”. The Fine Gael leader was speaking from Kilkenny, where the party is holding a pre-Budget think-in. Ireland would examine the options and strike a balance.