Patricia Ryan (Kildare South, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I also apologise. I am running in and out to other meetings so apologies for that. I thank Dr. Cassidy and Dr. O'Brien. In his opening statement, Dr. Cassidy mentioned that rural households are more expensive to run. How concerned is he about this and the borrowing aspect to sustain that cost? I am also concerned that many people where I live in rural Ireland are quite elderly and there is a lot of fuel poverty and food poverty in the area. How can we sustain costs in those areas?