Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I have raised the plight of people who are reliant on district heating with the Tánaiste several times. They are paying utterly exorbitant prices for their bills. In one development in my constituency, renters tied into a district heating system by their landlord, Greystar, were blocked from getting any independent access to their meter readings.

After more than a year, they have now finally been able to see their readings and they have discovered that they are being charged through the nose, even when they do not use any heating or hot water at all. In another apartment complex, 20% of the social housing tenants have been entirely cut off from heat and hot water because they are on prepaid metres and cannot afford the outrageously high prices. People are now using basins to wash because they cannot afford showers. A steering group has been set up to look into this, but we need urgent action now. When will the Government act urgently on this?

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