{"id":451,"date":"2012-07-30T13:22:37","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T13:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/hike-in-gas-will-force-more-people-into-fuel-poverty-deputy-sean-crowe\/"},"modified":"2012-07-30T13:22:37","modified_gmt":"2012-07-30T13:22:37","slug":"hike-in-gas-will-force-more-people-into-fuel-poverty-deputy-sean-crowe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/hike-in-gas-will-force-more-people-into-fuel-poverty-deputy-sean-crowe\/","title":{"rendered":"Hike in gas will force more people into fuel poverty \u2013 Deputy Se\u00e1n Crowe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hike in gas prices will cause fuel poverty \u2013 Se\u00e1n Crowe TD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tallaght-based Sinn F\u00e9in TD, Se\u00e1n Crowe shares the concerns of St  Vincent de Paul that a hike in gas prices will force more people into  fuel poverty.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Crowe commented after An Bord G\u00e1is applied to the Commission  for Energy Regulation (CNR) to increase the cost for residential gas  customers. The CNR have two weeks to consider the request.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Crowe said: \u201cBord G\u00e1is provides gas to 70% of Irish  residential customers and this increase would raise the average yearly  gas bill by \u20ac65.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year the St Vincent DePaul Society spent \u20ac7 million helping  families pay energy bills. Elderly people, in particular, are being  placed at risk as they struggle to heat their homes. Many face  impossible choices as they decide whether to heat their homes or pay for  food and clothing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince 2009, calls to the Society of St Vincent de Paul have risen by  83 per cent. Almost a quarter of all calls the SVP received last year  related to appeals for help in getting food, while a further16 per cent  sought assistance with bills and energy costs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe average amount for electricity bills recorded by the  organisation&#8217;s regional offices in 2011 was \u20ac563, while the average for  gas bills was \u20ac510.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Bord G\u00e1is is allowed to increase its charges the lives of some  older people will be put at risk as they struggle to heat their homes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the bad summer many people had to keep their heating on. This  is more likely if the person is elderly or ill. The proposed gas price  hike, if agreed, will be disastrous for many of these families and  individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hike in gas prices will cause fuel poverty \u2013 Se\u00e1n Crowe TD Tallaght-based Sinn F\u00e9in TD, Se\u00e1n Crowe shares the concerns of St Vincent de Paul that a hike in gas prices will force more people into fuel poverty. Deputy Crowe commented after An Bord G\u00e1is applied to the Commission for Energy Regulation (CNR) to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}