Health group calls for Govt to tackle fuel poverty

The Institute of Public Health in Ireland (IPH) today called for the formation of an inter-departmental group on fuel poverty to enable the development of a fuel-poverty strategy in Ireland.

Presenting the IPH’s Position Paper on fuel poverty to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social and Family Affairs the Institute said while there is a general commitment to addressing fuel poverty, there is no clear leadership and no structure for co-ordination.