Ms Clare O'Connor:

I can come in on the carbon tax. We agree with Social Justice Ireland. I reiterate the need for proving access to retrofitting and renewable energy supports for people who are feeling the impact of the carbon tax most acutely.

Will I move on to the question on the CRU and GNI? Okay. Yes, that was us who looked at the public mandates of GNI and the CRU. For GNI, we want its goal that relates to promoting fossil gas use and expanding gas infrastructure to be removed and we want to ensure that all gas demand scenarios correlate with the net zero 2050 target and any other interim targets as well. We need GNI to produce a strategy that addresses a phase-out of new domestic and small business connections and a reduced gas demand from these customers. As well as that, we need to see a medium-term rule for fossil gas for electricity generation, the issue of stranded asset risks addressed and the decommissioning of the gas infrastructure.

On the CRU, it is important that it is enforcing any provisions that were announced last December in the energy poverty action plan, specifically the provision that vulnerable customers should be moved to the most economical tariff and permitted to access bill pay regardless of credit access. We have done further research on amending those mandates and we can send that to the committee afterwards.