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Where are the Fuel Poor Dr Bill Sheldrik one the foremost experts on fuel poverty in these islands addressed the Energy Action Fuel Poverty Conference in Dublin Castle this week with a provocative paper challenging the apparent airbrushing of the fuel poor out of current government's policy frames............... Read more » |
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| "Affordable Energy Strategy" undermined by government within weeks of launch.
Minister Rabbitte launches ""Affordable Energy Strategy" while government reduce "Fuel Allowances" by six weeks in the December budget. SEAI reduced the level of grants available for certain forms of insulation thereby effetively removing poorer households from availing of these grants, the gap to make up is too wide in current financials conditions for many households. Read more » |
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"Fuel PovertyOlder People and Cold Weather: An All-Island Analysis " The report features a review of national fuel poverty statistics relating to older people as well as an analysis of excess winter deaths among older people in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The research was carried out by a group comprising Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), the Institute of Public Health in Ireland (IPH), Centre of Excellence in Public Health in Northern Ireland and Brunel University London and funded by the Centre for Ageing, Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI).Read more » |
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| Fuel poverty 'will claim 2,700 victims this winter'
Almost 3,000 people in England and Wales will die this winter because they cannot afford to heat their homes, a report suggests – more than the number killed in traffic accidents each year. Commissioned by the UK government, the Hills Fuel Poverty Review found that if just 10% of UK winter deaths are caused by fuel poverty – a conservative estimate it claims – 2,700 people will perish as a direct result of being fuel poor. read more » |
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| "Regulator approves massive domestic fuel price increases and we are still awaiting a Government strategy on Fuel Poverty".
Energy Action's Manager Charles Roarty lamented the recent rise in domestic energy prices while we are still waiting for the "Fuel Poverty" strategy promised by this Government. In response to the Commission on Elderly report issued by Vincent de Paul (see below) Mr Roarty continued "again we are at the beginning of another winter and still we don't have coherent strategy to assist the increasing number of citizens who will be facing a long cold winter". read more » |
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| Airtricity to raise price of gas and electricity AIRTRICITY CUSTOMERS are to be hit with gas price increases of more than 20 per cent and electricity price hikes of more than 12 per cent starting in September. read more » | |
| Inflation down from 2.7% to 2.2 % over year to August 2011, but energy up 7% CSO issued Consumer Price Index figures to the end of August show inflation coming down from 2.7% to 2.2% on the year to August end 2011.The most notable changes in the year were increases in Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas & Other Fuels (+7.2%), Miscellaneous Goods &Services (+6.2%), Health (+3.4%) and Transport (+3.2%). Read more» |
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| Programme for Government 2011-2016 What the current government intends doing to address households that are vulnerable to fuel poverty. Read more » |
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