Energy Prices
Dail Éireann — 2022-06-02
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Rose Conway-Walsh (SF), Mayo

I am still concerned by any argument that sees a benefit in high gas prices. Yes, what the Minister outlined will make it profitable to invest in renewables and to attract more companies to invest in renewable projects. However, it does not fit in with a just transition. Is it another market-led approach that will leave ordinary people shouldering the heaviest burden? People cannot see what he is doing right here and now to reduce their huge electricity bills. They want action now, not in six months' or 12 months' time. Is it his view that people just have to bear these higher prices in order to attract more investors to renewable energy projects? Will he comment on the situation whereby gas prices are dictating electricity prices?

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Sitting date: 2022-06-02