The Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe was in County Cavan today.
He met with local business people and residents in Virginia to discuss about many different issues that are being confronted locally.
He discussed topics like inflation and what works local people would like to be seen done in the area.
Minister Donohoe said the new scheme launched by the government to help with the cost of energy is a decent effort to help with the increases people will see in their bills throughout the winter.
The Finance Minister told The Wider View that the 11 billion euro budget announced last week was to help offset the risk of a recession: