Plans for €100 off electricity bills to be debated today

A proposal to cut €100 off every household’s energy bill will be debated in the Dáil today.

The cabinet signed off on the plan last week, and hopes it will be passed through the Oireachtas this month.

The once-off payment will then be taken off people’s electricity bills at the end of March.

But People Before Profit TD, Richard Boyd-Barrett, says the government should cap the price of energy instead: