Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
That is okay. In fairness, what I put on the record is what needs to happen in the short term. There will be engagement with various Departments to deliver this. We are all looking at what could be a very nasty winter, especially cost-wise.
I expect that Ms McCarthy is engaging with the task force on district and communal heating systems. Such systems only really happen in Britain and Ireland. The rules have been changed in Britain in order that this cannot happen. I imagine we are looking at planning regulations that would put a curb on this. My fear, which is based on what I have been told by Frontline, is that developers are continuing with these types of build. That is something we would need to get knocked on the head as soon as possible.
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