Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 21 November 2019
Public Accounts Committee
2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (Resumed)
9:00 am
Mr. Brian Carroll:
It will leave 22% of households who are in receipt of the fuel allowance better off than before the increase in carbon tax. It is not being done in isolation. There are also schemes available which will be rolled out over time and are currently being implemented, such as the warmer homes scheme, where 100% of the retrofitting of housing is funded. We cannot do everybody's house at once so, if we raise carbon tax, it is important to make sure the fuel allowance is the mechanism which-----
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