Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 9 February 2023
Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised)
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
Yes. This is a much more difficult for Revenue to administer. It is a gap in the scheme and this is something we are looking at. I do not want to overpromise that we can deliver this, but we are talking to the Revenue to see whether this is possible because it is a major part of the energy costs, particularly for many hotels around the country that are not on the gas grid but that have a large gas tank at the back or have kerosene, for example, providing their heating. These premises are effectively getting no support for these energy costs and this is an aspect we would like to address. To be honest, though, from an implementation point of view, this is easier said than done.
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