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Wed 04 Apr 2010Heated exchanges as Ó Cuív criticised over carbon levy
THERE WERE heated exchanges in the Dáil between Minister for Social Protection Eamon Ó Cuív and Labour spokeswoman Róisín Shortall about allowances for those at risk of fuel poverty when a carbon levy is introduced on May 1st.
In his first Dáil question time as Minister for Social Protection, Mr Ó Cuív said the carbon tax on heating products would come into effect from May and subsequently on solid fuels.
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