Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 August 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Energy Supply and Security: Discussion

Photo of Lynn BoylanLynn Boylan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

In the energy poverty strategy of 2019, the CRU was asked to carry out an analysis of what the barriers to switching were for people. I know the CRU regularly says that the best way to reduce one's household bill is to switch supplier. Age Action and other organisations such as the Money Advice and Budgeting Service, MABS, and Traveller organisations will say that there are significant barriers. Was that analysis carried out and if not, why not? Currently, 63% of people do not change suppliers. If those barriers are not going to be addressed, will the default tariff which penalises people who stay with the same supplier at least be done away with?

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