Mary Lou McDonald calls for cash payments based on earnings to help people pay energy bills

Mary Lou McDonald said Sinn Féin would remove excise from solid fuels and continue the excise cut on diesel and petrol.

Cash payments to people based on their earnings to help pay for energy bills along with a subvention for energy companies to cap prices should be introduced, Mary Lou McDonald has said.

Energy prices should be capped at June 2021 levels, the Sinn Féin leader added.