Paul Murphy backs thousand euro household credit amid energy crisis
Paul Murphy spoke about the rising cost of living and soaring energy costs during campaigning for People Before Profit candidates, urging a thousand euro household credit to protect households. He said the proposal was warmly welcomed on the doorstep and would be progressive, helping low-income households most.
Campaigning and voter concerns
People Before Profit canvassers reported that the cost of living and energy bills dominated door-to-door conversations in the assembly elections and in the south. Voters were described as furious with the major parties for doing nothing to shield them from rising energy costs while big energy companies were making large historic profits.
The thousand euro household credit proposal
Murphy outlined a proposal for a thousand euro household credit for households affected by the crisis, saying it was warmly received by voters. He presented the measure as a direct way to insulate people from soaring energy bills rather than indirect tax measures.
Distributional impact and progressivity
He argued a flat household credit would be progressive, because tax cuts tend to benefit higher energy users and higher incomes, whereas a thousand euro credit would disproportionately help people on low incomes. The proposal was framed as a practical measure with immediate benefit at the household level.
Government response and parliamentary exchange
In parliamentary discussion the Taoiseach was asked whether the government had considered a thousand euro household credit measure to protect people in the south. Questions were raised about targeting and potential inflationary effects, with some scepticism that a across-the-board payment would address broader economic issues.
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I spent much of the last week campaigning for people before profit candidates in the assembly elections and the issue on the doors just like in the south everywhere was the cost of living and rising energy costs in particular and people are being hit extremely hard and as a glimpse of the kind of elections that we may have if this crisis continues people were absolutely furious furious with the big parties for doing nothing to protect them from energy costs when they can see and there was widespread awareness that the big energy companies were pocketing massive historic profits our proposal for a thousand pound credit for householders for households affected by the crisis was very warmly welcomed by people it has the benefit that whereas tax cuts will disproportionately benefit high energy users who are disproportionately people with higher incomes a flat thousand pound credit for households would actually benefit disproportionately would be a progressive measure those on low incomes would gain the most so the question Taoiseach is whether the government has considered such a measure a thousand euro household credit measure to protect people in the south something that would be a real action that would insulate people from the soaring energy and costs Deputy Murphy spoke about his campaigning for people before profit in respect of the election and you were saying that from your perspective people are furious with the absence of any movement on cost of living by the executive and by the main parties you said but you're suggesting a thousand euros credit for every household across the board that this isn't very targeted either I have no doubt people would be very pleased with that if they were told that on the doorstep anybody who's told they're going to get a thousand euros if you vote for me will be pleased but I'm not sure it deals with the inflationary issue but that's a matter for broader economic debate who's told they are ill-estimates period if that's 3rd what is it is what is it the第一 the video game is
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