{"id":1841,"date":"2022-07-01T14:10:44","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T13:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/government-must-act-as-inflation-hits-nearly-10\/"},"modified":"2022-07-01T14:10:44","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T13:10:44","slug":"government-must-act-as-inflation-hits-nearly-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/government-must-act-as-inflation-hits-nearly-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Must Act As Inflation Hits Nearly 10%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>The cost-of-living crisis is now an emergency, but the government is callously refusing to act.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>It is essential that the government introduces an emergency budget given inflation is now running at nearly 10pc, according to Social Democrats Finance Spokesperson R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInflation is now running at nearly 10pc. Price increases are becoming embedded across the economy \u2013 making it even harder for workers and families to make ends meet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnergy, housing and food costs are all skyrocketing wildly. Just today, Electric Ireland announced its second price hike in just three months &#8211; adding a further \u20ac350 per annum to the cost of gas and \u20ac164 to the cost of electricity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Meanwhile, parents also have to contend with exorbitant back-to-school costs of up to \u20ac1,500 per child. The only help a minority of parents have with these costs is the Back To School allowance &#8211; which was set at a higher rate in 2007, 15 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cost-of-living crisis is now an emergency, but the government is callously refusing to act. Their inaction is both bizarre and inexplicable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Social Democrats have already outlined a \u20ac1.3 billion emergency budgetary package that would be entirely targeted at those who need help most \u2013 low and middle income earners. This could be introduced tomorrow to provide immediate relief.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government cannot continue to stick its head in the sand and ignore the hardship that is being caused by this cost-of-living crisis. It can and must act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>1 July, 2022<\/p>\n<p>Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cost-of-living crisis is now an emergency, but the government is callously refusing to act. It is essential that the government introduces an emergency budget given inflation is now running at nearly 10pc, according to Social Democrats Finance Spokesperson R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall. \u201cInflation is now running at nearly 10pc. 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