Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Today, the Minister for energy will announce a very significant and comprehensive retrofit programme. The objective of that retrofit programme is to reduce the cost of living on an ongoing basis in terms of home heating and in terms of making homes cheaper to heat and more comfortable and healthier over time. Some €200 million odd this year alone will come from the carbon tax towards that measure. The carbon tax is going back to the people. In terms of better environmental farming practices, it will go to farmers, particularly low-income farmers. It will go to people in terms of retrofitting their houses so that they are more efficient energy-wise and ultimately reduce costs.

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