Sinn Féin to hold state-wide day of action on soaring fuel costs

Sinn Féin TD for Longford Westmeath, Sorca Clarke, has announced that Sinn Féin representatives and activists will hold a statewide day of action tomorrow, Saturday 14 March, to highlight the soaring cost of home heating oil, petrol and diesel and the government’s continued failure to act.

Teachta Clarke said Sinn Féin will continue to keep pressure on Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to deliver urgent relief for households struggling with spiralling fuel costs.

Teachta Clarke said: “In Longford Westmeath and across the state, families and workers are being hammered by soaring fuel costs while Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael continue to sit on their hands.

“Tomorrow Sinn Féin representatives and activists will be out in communities across the country as part of a nationwide day of action to highlight the growing hardship being caused by the skyrocketing cost of home heating oil, petrol and diesel.”

Deputy Clarke said the day is part of Sinn Féin’s determination to force the government to act ahead of the return of the Dáil.

“The pressure on households is enormous and people cannot wait any longer for action.

“People cannot afford for Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and their Independent allies to remain spectators while households are hammered.

“Sinn Féin will continue to raise this issue at every opportunity and when the Dáil returns tackling soaring fuel costs will be our first order of business.”

“I am urging all Longford Westmeath Government TDs to support Sinn Féin’s Mineral Oil Tax (Emergency Cost of Living Reduction) Bill, which would cut excise on petrol, diesel and home heating oil in order to bring prices down and deliver immediate relief to households.”