Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 May 2023
108. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will introduce a social energy tariff, targeted at households on means-tested social welfare payments (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24643/23]
View answerThe Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020 - 2025 is a whole of Government strategy that has the ambitious target to reduce the national consistent poverty rate to 2% or less of the population and make Ireland one of the most socially inclusive member states in the EU.
The Roadmap translates this ambition into seven goals underpinned by 66 unique commitments to help deliver these goals. These unique commitments have been developed with relevant Departments, agencies and following consultation with advocacy and civil society groups.
Goal 7 of the Roadmap focuses on the core essentials of healthcare, energy, housing and food and includes a specific commitment on energy poverty (commitment 60) to be delivered by the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications.
