Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 28 May 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion

Photo of Christopher O'SullivanChristopher O'Sullivan (Cork South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Regarding the easier wins, the carbon tax is controversial. I would always defend it because of what carbon tax is ring-fenced for and where it is intended to go. One of the places it is intended to go is the warmer homes scheme which is aimed at making older houses or houses for older people on payments like fuel allowance more efficient. Obviously, we know there are massive delays in this scheme. Surely for us to make carbon tax an easier pill to swallow and for us to achieve efficiencies, there needs to be a focus on getting the warmer homes scheme waiting list down.

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