Calls for more urgency on energy subsidy

Sinn Féin has called for the Dáil to sit next week to pass legislation needed to give people relief on energy bills.

Minister approved a plan to pay 100 euro off every households energy bill at some point in the new year. New laws are needed to allow the Government to do that - with the Taoiseach saying they'll be passed in January. Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald says that's not soon enough