Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

It is a bitter disappointment that witnesses from the Department of Social Protection are not here. The reason is that it would be very interesting to have witnesses from both Departments in the same room. Do both Departments often get into the same room to discuss energy poverty given that we are talking about two sides of the same coin? The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications has a significant role to play, particularly in the roll-out of measures like retrofit, but there should be a hand-in-glove approach. Do the Departments hold regular scheduled meetings at which energy poverty is the primary item on the agenda?