Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy made a very good point. We need to reflect on some of this again. Stoves would have been very helpful in many houses during the recent storm. We have to show more flexibility rather than ideology when it comes to delivering these initiatives. We have a climate emergency. We are deadly serious about making progress on it but when people are willing to do their part to help with their homes, we have to meet them halfway. It is a very big upheaval in someone’s home, particularly at an older stage of life, and for them to try to find that sum of money. We have all appreciated the stoves in recent weeks.

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