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

I will give detail with regard to who is eligible. The eligibility payments are for those in receipt of fuel allowance, jobseeker's allowance for more than six months, working family payment, one-parent family payment, domiciliary care allowance, carer's allowance where the recipient is living with the person they are caring for, and disability allowance for more than six months, or where they have a child under seven years of age. That is continuing to be broadened. It has not stayed static. There has been significant change in who would be eligible.

To answer the Deputies' question directly, the prioritisation is, first, on the time of the application but, given that, there is also prioritisation to those living in the worst performing homes with building energy ratings E, F or G. Going back to our earlier discussion, those are the houses we have to tackle first. We will continue to review the eligibility, but that has to be done with the Department of Social Protection because it is that Department's schemes which define who can apply.

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