Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

At the moment, the fuel allowance is only paid to a particular cohort of people, but the report that I hope to bring to the committee will not just address them. Rather, it will be a report on fuel poverty. As the Deputy is well aware, poverty knows no doors or windows that can stop it. The report will be all-encompassing and cover every section of society so that we can determine the best changes to be made to our payment supports.

My Department's supports are focused on people who either have no income and, therefore, no support external to what the State gives them or who, being on low incomes, need supplements to have a certain standard of living.

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