Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

The announcement from Electric Ireland that it was going to reduce energy prices for businesses is very welcome, particularly for those small businesses that have been really struggling with the incredible energy costs.

However, we do not see the same respite for domestic users. People are getting bills through the door that they could never ever have imagined and that they are not able to pay. Electric Ireland customers saw three price hikes in a five-month period last year. They have been hit particularly hard with these price rises. Last week, the Taoiseach told the Dáil that a time would come when he would bring the energy companies in to hold them to task about the prices. I think that time has come. I ask him to commit to bringing in those companies and sitting them down to ask them when residential and home owners will see a reduction in their energy costs and make sure that it happens as soon as possible.

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