Charities question budget's 'failure to address impact of inflation' on low-income households

"We work with older people who are turning off their fridges and pendant alarms," said Seán Moynihan, CEO of older persons’ charity Alone. Picture: Jason Clarke

Households will be given a €600 energy credit to help them pay the cost of their energy bills this winter and into 2023, the Government has said.

The announcement of the three instalments of €200 to be paid to every household in the country was one of the key pillars of the Budget 2023 cost-of-living package.