Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Ceann Comhairle knows we are facing a climate crisis as well as the energy crisis. Does the Taoiseach agree that we now need a national energy resilience campaign to reduce our reliance on imported energy? The Taoiseach will know that other member states are proposing such a campaign to cut 10% of their energy use and up to 25% at peak time times.

I would suggest seven S's: shallow retrofits; smart controls and meters; switching providers and modes; sharing platforms; storage capacity; solar; and saving on waste. We could build a campaign around these with relatively little money but a large impact, but a plan would be needed in each of these areas to deliver the campaign for homes and businesses, which are willing to adopt it.

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