Departmental Schemes
Seanad Éireann — 2026-04-30
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Gareth Scahill (FG), Nominated by the Taoiseach

I welcome that 1,900 homes will be included this year. It would be interesting to see how many vulnerable users there are and what percentage we are covering there. One of the people who contacted me about this said it would be great and would reduce their anxiety if they were able to get onto this scheme. In contacting their energy provider to inquire about the scheme, they were told there was nobody internally they could speak to, that it was done on a lottery system and that if they were ever picked, the provider would get in contact with them then. I would like to see if there were some sort of contact that public representatives could make on this with providers because it is very vague and there does not seem to be anybody taking responsibility in any of the providers for engaging with public representatives. That would be a great way of trying to make sure that those 1,900 potential houses can be targeted at those who need this most.

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Sitting date: 2026-04-30