Ms Tara Buckley:

The committee heard Mr. Broderick's example of borrowing the money to retrofit. Many of our members have gone down that route and have done a lot to try to make themselves more sustainable and to reduce their energy use. Their challenge now is that even if they had started along the route of solar, and Ms Timothy and Mr. Fee have looked into it, the reality is that by the time they got the quotes for solar and got the bill in the door, they knew they would not be ready. It will not change and they cannot now afford to invest in it, while they face these huge extra bills.

We also have many members who have done a huge amount of work, as Mr. Moran has, on becoming more efficient. They are so frustrated because their bills are jumping equally as high as everybody else's. They feel they have done all this work and invested all this money but are still facing these huge increases.