A Longford-Westmeath TD and junior minister is ruling out energy credits to address the soaring cost of living.
The Labour Party wants 400 euro energy credits for households with incomes of less than 80,000 euro a year.
They also want a once-off 'grocery supplement' of 100 euro for people on Child Benefit.
They also want tax cuts - but Junior Finance Minister, Robert Troy, says the government is against Labour's motion: