Dr. Rory O'Donnell:

There is a strong case for that. Fuel poverty has been a key part of policy and of the work of, say, the SEAI, and it absolutely has to be. We know the reluctance to extend the carbon tax to coal and peat reflected, in part, that distributive concern. Our view would be that were the tax to be extended to those fuels, the distributive effect would have to be addressed through other means.