I also wish to raise the issue of petrol, diesel, home heating oil and other fuels. The measures that emerged earlier are not even going to make a dent when it comes to what is happening. Diesel alone in County Limerick went up by nearly 60 cent in some petrol stations. Reducing the cost of a litre of fuel by 20 cent is not going to make the blindest bit of difference to somebody who has to get up and drive to work, never mind the likes of home care help or public nurses. When it comes to rural Ireland, they could be driving anything between 20 km and 40 km between calls. They are not going to get a crazy increase in what they are getting for mileage. This is not going to stop. The war is not over yet. To say that 20 cent off the price of a litre of diesel is going to do the job is absolutely crazy.

There are over 700,000 households in this country that use home heating oil. That is what was predominantly used when these houses were built. These are not new houses that use air-to-water systems. They are not in cities, so their owners cannot connect to the gas supply. These people do not have a choice. Not taking anything off the price is absolutely scandalous. This Government is again saying "Screw rural Ireland". That is what is happening, constantly. It is fine if you live in the city and can connect to gas or electricity, but these families do not have a choice. They have to get home heating oil.

The Government can say that we are coming into springtime. Springtime in this country, as we all know, is not actually spring. It is still bloody winter. Temperatures fell to 0°C at night last week. There is no house that can have no heat going on just because it is coming into springtime. We do not work that way.

I have to agree with my colleague across the floor that fishing communities and agribusinesses are really going to suffer as a result of this. It is great that there is a rebate scheme for the haulage companies, which is going to have a trickle-down effect. I get it that if they do not get that rebate scheme, everything will go up in price on foot of the extra costs those companies will incur. However, the same thing needs to be done for fishing communities and agribusinesses as well.