John Clendennen

And you had to be dry kicking and screaming to introduce those and you didn't go far enough.

It was made perfectly clear.

It was made perfectly clear when the first intervention was made that there would be continuous engagement with the different sectors.

That continued over the course of the Easter recess and we came back with a bigger, stronger and more direct package that was the largest in Europe per capita.

You know, this is totally overlooked by Sinn Féin.

You have to admit that there was a commitment that we would.

Continue to monitor the uncertainty in the Middle East and address it accordingly.

That is exactly what has happened here.

This is where I go back to whether we have the same calculators in government as we do in opposition.

The decision thing grasping at straws now, whether it be housing, whether it be the cost of fuel and trying to provide support, they tried to find problems where

where there are being actually addressed.

So you believe there's no problems in terms of the cost of fuel?

If you listen to me, Matt, where there are problems, we're trying to address them.

And that's what we've done in the likes of trying to ensure additional supply of housing and also helping at the forecourts in relation to the cost of fuel and farmers and hauliers.

The difficult answer to that, John, is yes, from a Finnegans perspective.

We have a fair and progressive tax system, David.

But I think it's important to mention, you know, in terms of target supports and temporary measures.

Like, there has to be a level of universality at the likes of the pumps.

Everyone... Look, that's your view.

But there are people that will... There is always going to... You talked about the squeeze middle a second ago.