Fuel Poverty Conference

Minister Ossian Smyth, TD will launch our Fuel Poverty Conference. 

This conference will bring together academics and policymakers to discuss the role of research in designing policies to tackle fuel poverty.

It will also discuss the challenges of measuring fuel poverty and strategies to improve policies aimed at tackling it. 

Event programme

10:00

Welcome Address

Alan Barrett (ESRI, Director)

Minister Ossian Smyth, TD (Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform and at the Department of Environment, Climate and Communication)

Session 1: Research and data

Chair: Muireann Lynch (ESRI) 

10:20

Fuel poverty research in the Energy Poverty Action Plan

Miguel Tovar and Andrés Estévez (ESRI)

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10:40

Matching the Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) and Building Energy Ratings (BER)

Gerry Brady (CSO)

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Q&A

11:10

Coffee break

Session 2: Measurement and targeting

Chair: Muireann Lynch (ESRI)

11:25

Challenges with measuring fuel poverty

Javier Palencia (UNED, Spain)

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11:45

Targeting challenges

Arya Pillai (Central Bank of Ireland, previously ESRI)

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Q&A

12:00

Panel discussion

Panel discussion: Chair Dr. Nessa Winston (UCD)

  • Karen Trant (Commission for Regulation of Utilities, Customer Policy & Protection)
  • Justina Corcoran (Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, Head of Retail Energy Policy and Regulation
  • Conor Hanniffy (Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, Programme Manager)
  • Colum Walsh (Department of Social Protection, Principal Officer)
  • Miguel Tovar (ESRI, Research Officer)

12:25

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