"Mr. Harris stated, 'There are no plans currently to adapt people's travel schedules.' He emphasized that people will change their travel habits due to rising prices and defended the government's intervention on petrol and diesel prices."
"'We staged one of the biggest interventions in European Union last week per head of population, but no government in the world can absorb or should absorb all of the cost - it's not possible economically,' Mr. Harris explained."
"'Bear in mind this is a war that is seeing energy supplies destroyed. That does have real consequences in terms of global supplies and no country is immune to that,' he added."
The Irish government has no plans to introduce travel restrictions to conserve fuel amid the ongoing energy crisis linked to the US-Israeli invasion of Iran. Mr. Harris indicated that citizens may need to conserve energy similarly to the early days of the Ukraine conflict. He noted that while the current situation differs from the COVID crisis, it remains challenging. The government has intervened in fuel pricing but cannot absorb all costs. There are adequate fuel supplies in Ireland, and the government is monitoring the situation closely.
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