Alex White (Dublin South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

We would like to try to do both. In terms of the scale of what we are proposing and the analysis we have done in regard to the RHI, it would not be suitable at this point to direct the RHI scheme into the domestic sector. There will be much that we can do in the domestic sector. We will discuss this in the White Paper which is due to be published tomorrow. We will publish an affordable energy policy early in the new year. A huge amount of work has been in that area in regard to energy efficiency. There is a massive amount that we can do in the domestic sector. I agree with the Deputy on that. It is just that this scheme may not be the most appropriate one to address the domestic sector, but biomass will definitely have a role to play.

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