An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2022-10-18
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Mary Lou McDonald (SF), Dublin Central

Two weeks ago, the Taoiseach gave a commitment that no household would be disconnected from electricity this winter, including households using prepaid meters. However, since then, the Government has not introduced any plan to protect prepay customers from disconnection. This can and must be done. As the Taoiseach knows, some prepay companies already have bans on disconnections at weekends and on some public holidays. This ban should be extended to provide 24-7 protection for prepay customers. It should kick in now and run until the end of March. This is a simple solution to a big problem that affects hundreds of thousands of households. Why is the Taoiseach waiting? Will he engage with the energy companies and agree this solution with urgency?

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Sitting date: 2022-10-18