Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

It gives them the ability to reduce their bills and to reduce their use by about 8%. That is the experience of what is actually happening. There are complications in this because there is both gas and electricity. Yes, we will continue to look at the rules and regulations that would help them through a particularly difficult period. A lot of people disconnect when they are moving home or ending a tenancy. People are in a whole range of circumstances. To my mind, the critical thing is that people have the money so they do not have to disconnect. That ability, be it through funds from the likes of MABS, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and others, can help to-----

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