Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 11 October 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland

Dr. Ciaran Byrne:

Yes. Typically, medically vulnerable people have no options to reduce their use. That is the whole point of it. The Chairman or I can switch off lights etc., but a person who must use a particular machine such as some sort of dialysis machine must keep that machine on. We have all seen on the news people with multiple types of machines and, therefore, with very significant energy costs they cannot avoid. That is the rationale behind this.