Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 January 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection

Energy Poverty: Discussion

Mr. John Randles:

We are looking at solar panels as part of the programme but it is first come first served. There are certain expectations when people apply for the programme, particularly if they are in E, F and G rated homes because the interventions are considerably higher. As Dr. Byrne said, we will look at the waiting list over the coming weeks. Indeed, we are looking at it currently and are trying to slice and dice it from an aggregation perspective. Maybe one of the variables we will put in is the type of measures these homes could get in the short to medium term. However, I would caution that solar panels are very popular at the moment and there are capacity limitations there as well. We have capacity limitations across everything. It is down to skills and particularly in this case, electricians.

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