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

To be fair, the CRU has done more than that. It has increased the emergency credit of no less than €20 but it has also provided a reduction in the debt repayment level on pay-as-you-go meters from 25% to a maximum of 10%. Consequently, €20 would have €2 deducted to pay debt. That came into operation on the first day of this month. There is also an obligation on suppliers to advise their prepayment customers who are in debt of other payment options available to them, such as billpay, and an obligation on suppliers to place their customers who are on financial hardship meters on the most economic tariff. Then we have the additional protection of emergency social welfare payments to ensure people can pay their bills.

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