Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 13 October 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan

9:30 am

Mr. Robert Deegan:

The 80,000 figure relates to the estimated number of people who are eligible for the fuel allowance. Not every one of those people will be eligible for the warmer homes scheme, so that will reduce it. Not everyone needs it and there is a new prioritisation-----