The Government's dismissed claims in the Dáil that it has failed to tackle the cost of living crisis.
The accusation was made as Sinn Féin tabled a motion on a Spring bonus and supports.
The House heard claims that ordinary people were being crucified and in some cases were being pushed to the pin of their collars.
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Energy providers have a moral obligation to pass on the fall in wholesale electricity prices to hard pressed consumers.
That's the view of the leader of the Rural Independent Group of TD's.
New figures reveal wholesale electricity prices fell by 41% in the last three months of 2022, making them cheaper than they were before
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Nearly two-thirds of retail workers are earning below €451 per week.
And just one in five get more than the weekly Living Wage.
There are now calls for the law to be changed to enable workers to do more than their contract entitles them to, so they can get a decent pay packet.
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The government has been accused of playing Russian Roulette with power cuts over its data centre policy.
Confirmation from the Commission for Regulation of Utilities that a further 16 data centres had permission to connect to the national grid has been described as shocking by People Before Profit.
The party's spokesperson on climate Deputy Brid Smith says it confirms what she's described as the 'utter insanity of current Government policy on facilitating data centre proliferation'.
