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# energy poverty

This year
2023
'Unprecedented crisis': Government urged to tackle energy poverty before next winter
The National Economic Dialogue is taking place in Dublin today.
Cost-of-living pressures led 230,000 people to seek help from St Vincent de Paul last year
Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe said falling inflation was not a cause for celebration.
Energy credits should not have included richest households, climate NGO says
A new report by Friends of the Earth has made 49 recommendations to government about how to tackle energy poverty.
SVP report shows number of people unable to heat their homes more than doubled last year
Using data from the CSO, the new report reveals around 377,000 people lived in homes they were unable to adequately heat last year.
Last year
2022
Long-awaited energy poverty plan published as Ryan warns prices may not drop for two years
The plan includes a €10 million Government hardship fund for vulnerable energy customers.
Report finds number of households in energy poverty now at highest recorded rate
The estimate is based on energy inflation observed from January 2021 to April 2022.
All time
The government wants to talk to those who are in 'energy poverty'
Submissions on a paper on energy affordability can be made until February 27.
Half of older people forgo food to pay for fuel - survey
Researchers say fuel poverty is contributing to “significant” differences in summer and winter mortality rates across the island of Ireland.