State set to spend €130m on tackling fuel poverty

Some €130m is to be spent on energy efficiency programmes to help thousands of people struggling to pay high energy bills.

Speaking at the Energy Action annual fuel poverty conference in Dublin, Energy Minister Alex White said the Government’s Capital Plan allocated €130m in new money for energy efficiency and renewable energy programmes.

The money will fund a range of new measures including a renewable heat incentive, schemes to improve energy efficiency, and incentives to boost the take-up of electric vehicles.