Showing results 1 - 10 of 14 for the category: Fuel poverty.
Fuel poverty: government Bill amended
On the fourth, report stage of the Energy (miscellaneous provisions) Bill, 2012, the government introduced an amendment to the energy efficiency fund to include a specific remit of alleviating energy poverty (Dail Eireann, Debates, 18th January 2012, 15-17). Earlier, Martin…
Adjournment of the Seanad
On the adjournment of the Seanad, Martin Conway (FG, admin) appealed for more funding for energy efficient renovation works on local authority homes (Seanad Eireann, Debates, 8th December 2011, 269-270). Responding for the government, the Minister of State at the…
Fuel poverty strategy launched
‘Irish housing only shelters from the rain’ The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte informed the Dail that he had published the affordable energy strategy, with five priority measures and 48 actions to tackle fuel poverty (Dail…
Need to address poverty
Several members demanded more action on poverty. In the Dail, Barry Cowen (FF, Laois Offaly) drew attention to the pre-budget submission of the Society of St Vincent de Paul which spoke of how Ireland faced into a serious social crisis,…
Fuel poverty strategy due
The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte, told Timmy Dooley (FF, Clare) that the Interdepartmental Group on Affordable Energy had finalized its deliberations over the summer (Dail Eireann, Debates, 14th September 2011, 97-8). Its analysis and recommendations…
Fuel poverty
The Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, announced changes in the system of fuel and related allowances (Dail Eireann, Debates, 20th July 2011, 533-5). From September, the fuel allowance would be standardized at €20 a week, with no additional allowances…
Poverty and fuel poverty
Asked about the new government’s proposals on the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion by Charlie McConalogue (FF, Donegal NE), the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs Frances FitzGerald told the Dail that the elimination of poverty was an…
Oireachtas Brief §12 December 2010 (1) Budget 2011
Welcome to Oireachtas Brief, the information service for social justice NGOs and voluntary sector activists interested in issues of poverty and social exclusion in the Oireachtas. Oireachtas Brief is provided by The Wheel and the European Anti Poverty Network (EAPN)…
Fuel poverty: where is the 2009 strategy?
Liz McManus (Lab, Wicklow) questioned the government on its progress on fuel poverty in the light of carbon tax and disconnections (Dail Eireann, Debates, 30th November 2010, 405-7). The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Eamon Ryan told her…
Fuel poverty
The Minister for Social Protection, Eamon O Cuiv, told the Dail that he had provided an additional €12.6m for the electricity allowance scheme to cover the cost of the Public Service Obligation levy from 1st October (Dail Eireann, Debates, 2nd…
