Rural homeowners and business will pay ‘a high price’ for Ireland’s current climate policy - LGI

Connecting remote, less energy-efficient properties to the natural gas grid or installing new heat pump technology will prove prohibitively expensive

Over 500,000 Irish properties have no connection to the natural gas distribution network, LGI said Picture: David Creedon / Anzenberger

Over half a million rural homeowners and businesses could pay a high price for Ireland’s "one-size-fits-all" approach to climate policy, according to Liquid Gas Ireland (LGI).

The group, which represents the country’s LPG industry, said the government’s National Climate Action Plan envisions the majority of Ireland’s households undergoing retrofitting to install electric heat pumps, despite financial and infrastructural challenges and the availability of more affordable, lower-carbon alternatives.