The Oireachtas Brief is an information service for social justice NGOs and voluntary sector activists interested in issues of poverty and social exclusion in the Oireachtas.

Poverty and fuel poverty

Asked about the new government’s proposals on the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion by Charlie McConalogue (FF, Donegal NE), the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs Frances FitzGerald told the Dail that the elimination of poverty was an…