Mr Murphy said: "Fuel poverty is affecting a growing number of people as family incomes fail to keep pace with increasing prices. It is unacceptable that those least able to purchase home heating oil in large quantities should then suffer the added hardship of being penalised because they can only afford small amounts.
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"While not wishing to diminish competition in the industry, once a price is set, then the per litre price should be the same whether a person purchases 20 litres or 200 litres.
"I call on the Minister to explore how best people on low and fixed incomes can be protected from facing penalties when accessing a range of goods and services – not only home heating oil - because of their financial status."
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