Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 July 2025

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy

Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment

2:00 am

Photo of John ClendennenJohn Clendennen (Offaly, Fine Gael)

One of the points here is that domestic users of peat are getting caught in the crossfire. If you look at a county like mine, County Offaly, we have towns where 40% of households are using peat for central heating. That brings me to my next point, which is about the Minster's consideration of HVO or pellet stoves as an intermediary, rather than going from turf to full-on retrofit with 40% of housing stock. It is simply logistically impossible. What consideration is the Minister giving those two fuel options?

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