{"id":2093,"date":"2023-04-25T10:37:46","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T09:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/taoiseach-must-clarify-if-he-met-with-energy-companies-to-discuss-price-gouging\/"},"modified":"2023-09-15T10:41:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T09:41:30","slug":"taoiseach-must-clarify-if-he-met-with-energy-companies-to-discuss-price-gouging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/taoiseach-must-clarify-if-he-met-with-energy-companies-to-discuss-price-gouging\/","title":{"rendered":"Taoiseach Must Clarify If He Met With Energy Companies To Discuss Price Gouging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Questions must be asked about the extent of the price gouging in Ireland<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Taoiseach must clarify if he met with energy companies and asked them to reduce prices for consumers, according to Social Democrats Energy Spokesperson Jennifer Whitmore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn February, I urged the Taoiseach to deliver on his promise to meet with energy companies and demand they reduce their prices. In response, he said he intended to engage directly with these companies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Taoiseach must now clarify if he did that. Irish electricity prices are the most expensive in the EU \u2013 nearly twice as expensive as the EU average. Gas prices are also among the most expensive in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWholesale energy prices are now lower than they were before Russia invaded Ukraine \u2013 but households have yet to see any reductions in their bills. We don\u2019t even have any clarity about when these reductions in prices are likely to happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQuestions must be asked about the extent of the price gouging in Ireland. There is currently no role for the CRU in price regulation. Given the failure of energy companies to reduce prices, this lack of independent oversight must be reviewed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecently, Fine Gael circulated a petition, for the public to sign, in which the party called on energy companies to reduce their prices. Is this the best one of the main coalition partners can do \u2013 a petition?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeo Varadkar promised to directly engage with energy companies on their extortionate prices. Two questions arise. Did that ever happen? If not, why not?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ends<\/p>\n<p>25 April, 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Questions must be asked about the extent of the price gouging in Ireland The Taoiseach must clarify if he met with energy companies and asked them to reduce prices for consumers, according to Social Democrats Energy Spokesperson Jennifer Whitmore. \u201cIn February, I urged the Taoiseach to deliver on his promise to meet with energy companies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[405,268,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate","category-jennifer-whitmore","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Taoiseach Must Clarify If He Met With Energy Companies To Discuss Price Gouging - 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