Regulatory Bodies
Dail Éireann — 2024-10-15
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Darren O'Rourke (SF), Meath East

I absolutely agree. On the Minister's earlier point, for me and for the industry as a whole, it is about managing this transition and ensuring that standards and oversight are maintained. I will raise a point related to this.
Many of these facilities are unregulated, including communal heating systems. I have one in my area. The Minister would have dealt with my colleague, Ruairí Ó Murchú, regarding Carlinn Hall in Dundalk. There a number of apartment blocks in the city. In my area in Kells, there is The Glebe housing estate which is on bottled gas. The bottled gas is unregulated and they do not have the same consumer protections. Are renewable options being considered to get them off bottled gas? We spoke to Codema, which talked about industrial scale heat pumps. Will geothermal be an option for these folks? They want to get off this bottled gas from the providers and onto a more sustainable and affordable system.

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Sitting date: 2024-10-15