Peadar Tóibín: “They're benefiting while the customer takes the hit. This is wrong and it’s unfair.”

The proposed process will not affect the Common Travel Area as Irish and British citizens will still be able to move with passports and drivers' licences.

The fact that we have 20 Fianna Fáil Tds stating categorically that there was no engagement in relation to this with them is quite stark.

The key issue remains. Ireland is an excessively expensive country for energy. It is bad for families, it is bad for business, and it is bad for farmers.

The Government do not want to deal with this issue and pushed them on the long finger.