Holly Cairns

So crucially, what we're seeing is there's already hundreds of thousands of people in arrears with their energy bills.

And we know that, for example, home heating oil skyrocketed a whopping 70% in the space of a month.

So what we really need to see, I think, straight away from government is supports for households earning under €70,000 because they are the people who are struggling the most in terms of meeting those rising costs of electricity and

You know, electricity and energy costs skyrocketed during the when the war first broke out in Ukraine.

Those prices haven't come down.

And now we're seeing these like unprecedented rising.

It rises in things like home heating.

Also, a 400 euro credit energy credit to those houses that need it the most is where we would start.

We think never has been more evident, David, that we need to move away from our reliance on fossil fuels.

Yeah.

So doubling of the solar grant scheme to allow more people to access solar energy.

This is a no-brainer for government.

If we could have a rooftop revolution in this country, it would protect those houses that need protection the most.

The supply of solar panels.

Absolutely.

And we've seen other countries really do this.

Whereas in Ireland, David, we declared a climate emergency in 2019.

And for two years now, the department have been examining the use of plug-in solar.

That is not treating this like an emergency.

Countries have been using this for a long time.