The Government's looking at a "range of charges" that could be reduced, says the Taoiseach.
There's calls from Sinn Fein to scrap a proposed increase of the carbon tax in May - but Micheál Martin has said that the increase will come in.
New measures to tackle the increase in the cost of living are to be announced this week, and may include an extension of the fuel allowance season and cutting emergency department fees.
Speaking in Kerry, Micheál Martin said they have to plan for the long term:
"There's a number of schools of thought, amongst economists about the inflationary cycle. Some believing it was a pandemic based sort of cycle, others thinking there may be a more medium term impact so the Jury's out to some extent but we have to plan on the basis, but it's more medium term, certainly for the next number of months in this country, and therefore we have to plan accordingly."
