Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

There is also the social impact. Elderly people living in those areas may not be able to rely on a car anymore and they become stranded. I know people in that position. My second question is on district heating. If a local authority in a local area or county development plan wanted to put in an objective that a site should be served by district heating systems, do they have sufficient guidance? Would they be going above and beyond national policy, as I was taken down for trying to bring in higher energy homes many years ago?