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Irish Mirror
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Michelle Cullen

Leo Varadkar says government has no plans for further intervention in cost of living crisis before Budget 2023

Tanaiste Leo Varadkar has said that the government has no plans for further intervention in the cost of living crisis before Budget 2023.

Speaking on RTE's Morning Ireland on Wednesday, he said for there to be any consideration of intervention, there would need to be further dramatic escalations in fuel prices.

He said: "We've no plans for a further intervention until budget day, and the budget will happen in the autumn, but you know, as is always the case, I'm reluctant to definitively rule anything out 100% because this is a rapidly changing situation.

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