Fiscal Policy
Dail Éireann — 2022-09-22
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Richard Bruton (FG), Dublin Bay North

I think the Minister. Anyone who listened to me will know I am calling for a national energy resilience campaign. I see potential state-aid obstacles standing in the way of such a scheme. In many businesses there are no supports for solar energy. The SME test which is to try to proof small businesses against some changes is not in place in Ireland. I see the potential for tax relief for retrofitting, for example, as a way of nudging people to do things now. I see smart meters which we have put in at enormous expense constrained by GDPR rules from being used to deliver savings to people. The Minister should look not at the macro but at the micro. Can we make changes that are now permissible which would nudge people to do things in the midst of this crisis? That would be very good in the long run as well as saving money in the short term.

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Sitting date: 2022-09-22