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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Pat Flanagan

Fears government energy credits could be stopped leaving thousands unable to pay soaring bills

Fears are growing that there will be no more electricity credits beyond March until next winter despite rising bills for thousands of Irish households.

Yesterday, Eamon Ryan said the Government will decide “in the next few weeks” whether or not to extend credits into next winter.

The credits were announced in last year's budget amounting to €600 per household. The first two credits were applied to bills in November and January respectively with the final confirmed credit to land in accounts in early March.

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