If fuel prices rise dramatically, the Government may intervene further to help, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said.
His comments indicate the Government may be forced to give assistance to households further before the Budget, despite Cabinet Ministers stating there will be no more help until October. But the Fine Gael leader said he is reluctant to rule out further measures.
He said: "We have no plans for further intervention until budget day, and that will happen in the autumn. I am reluctant to definitively rule anything out 100pc because this is a rapidly changing situation. I think if we were to see further dramatic escalation in fuel prices we would have to consider an intervention then.”
