Renewed calls for energy credits as more than 500,000 in arrears on bills

The opposition has renewed calls for the reintroduction of energy credits after new figures from the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) showed 318,735 households are more than 30 days in arrears on electricity bills, with 183,000 in arrears on gas bills.

In the Dáil on Thursday, Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty said it was the first time there were over 500,000 cases of accounts being behind, though the CRU's report does not specify how many homes are behind on both.

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