Conor Sheehan
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168 appearances
4 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 21 Aug
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But people can't simply wait until the budget.
My clinics are full of people coming to me every week who can't afford groceries, can't afford heating, can't afford their electricity bills.
Well, the hospitality sector is a sector that keeps adding jobs quarter upon quarter and the fact of the matter is that the thing is totally untargeted.
So the likes of McDonald's and Starbucks and big, very profitable fast food chains are getting the same support as the smaller indigenous cafes and bars who might actually need it.
Well, I suppose we would introduce, first of all, a windfall tax on energy profits.
We would introduce targeted energy credits.
We would introduce a one-off €100 grocery supplement to child benefit and we would restore the €100 that was cut.
from the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance.
And we would also increase the bank levy to £500 million to pay for this.
I mean, we were the first party to call for a mini-budget, but there are other parties who have subsequently joined us in that call.
But unlike others, we are very clear about what we would cut in order to pay for these measures.
Well, what we're proposing would actually give families and workers across the country relief in this unprecedented cost of living crisis.
And we have very clearly set out what we would cut in order to pay for that.
So we're not talking about just pumping money into the economy willy-nilly.
But the fact of the matter is, as others have pointed out, that this is caused essentially by Donald Trump's illegal war in the Middle East.
And unfortunately...
Well, I think the government needs to intervene before the number of people in energy arrears, you know, increases again and before more and more struggling households and families already essentially find themselves unable to pay for basic things like food and groceries.
I would and I would like to remind people that today is actually May Day and I think it's really important that we see leadership from the trade union movement here given that the significant pressure that workers are under and a key way to exacerbate that pressure is through pay increases so I can personally would fully support the trade union movement in their call in that regard.
Well, there would be some justification for government winding them down, but government aren't winding them down.
They're effectively ending them.
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