Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht

Interim Report on National Climate Change Policy: Discussion with NESC

2:55 pm

Photo of Kevin HumphreysKevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

This is a comprehensive report. I apologise for coming in late. For me, one of the major challenges the House faces over the coming months and year is to develop legislation. I found the area of fuel poverty in the report very interesting. The report refers to increasing the grant from €3,000 to €8,000 for retrofitting. The pay-as-you-save scheme is about to be introduced, although it has been piloted. The uptake may not be great because people are concerned about budgetary constraints. Would it be a good idea to ring-fence some of the carbon tax income for grants to retrofit buildings?

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