Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 28 April 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion
Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
I mentioned private contractors earlier. Some people may be able to afford retrofitting but others will not. There will be a two-tier system where the people with funding and resources will see reduced energy costs and warmer homes but people with smaller incomes and who are more vulnerable will have colder homes and higher energy bills. That is counter-intuitive. We would probably drive people on the edge of poverty into poverty.
I have another point.
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