Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 28 February 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection

Energy Poverty: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Averil Power:

I am sorry, I should have said that, when constituents are coming to Members to raise these issues and challenges, it is important to remember that we help people who face challenges with transport to hospital. We provide a volunteer driver service, as the committee will probably know. Drivers pick people up at home, bring them to the hospital, wait for them and bring them back. We provided approximately 20,000 journeys last year. We increased that service by 30% last year alone. That shows the urgency. The issue is that-----

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