Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)

Despite not being the lead Minister, does the Minister, Deputy Cullen, not see that there is a gap? Gas prices have risen by 70% in the past five years, electricity by 30% and oil by 50%. Elderly people in particular cannot afford the €12,000 cost of installing a wood pellet burner or the more environmentally friendly, cost-efficient products out there. They are only for people who can afford them. Does the Minister not see that we need greater co-ordination between two Departments and that a strategy would be a better way to do it?

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