Motion

Eradicating Fuel Poverty

Motion TitleEradicating Fuel Poverty

Motion TextThat this Assembly believes it is unacceptable that 290 people in Northern Ireland die each winter due to cold homes; accepts that the Warmer Healthier Homes Fuel Poverty Strategy is over a decade old and is no longer fit for purpose; calls on the Executive to include a clear target for eradicating fuel poverty in the next Programme for Government; and further calls on the Minister for Communities to work with his Executive colleagues to establish a fuel poverty task force and to present an updated fuel poverty strategy before the end of this year with specific commitments to introduce a cap on energy prices, system price protections for home heating oil customers and proposals for social tariffs to protect the most vulnerable.

Motion CategoryPrivate Members' Motion

Motion TypeOpposition business

Date Tabled to Business Office22/03/2024

Date Selected By Committee22/03/2024

Date of Plenary Debate16/04/2024

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Tabled By

Member Name	Tabled As
Mr Matthew O'Toole	MLA - South Belfast

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Outcome/Voting

No vote

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Selected Amendments

No amendments tabled were selected for this motion.

Other Amendments Tabled

Tabled Date	Amendment Text
10/04/2024	After ‘fit for purpose;’ insert ‘agrees that public ownership of energy provision should be a key part of any new strategy;’
12/04/2024	Leave out all after ‘purpose’ and insert: ‘calls on the Executive to support, and adequately resource, a new energy efficiency scheme for vulnerable low-income households in order to tackle fuel poverty under the next Programme for Government, as well as to deliver on the aims of the Executive’s Energy Strategy; and further calls on the Minister for Communities to continue working at pace with his Executive colleagues and other stakeholders to launch a public consultation on a draft fuel poverty strategy before the end of this year.’

Tabled Date

Amendment Text

10/04/2024

After ‘fit for purpose;’ insert ‘agrees that public ownership of energy provision should be a key part of any new strategy;’

12/04/2024

Leave out all after ‘purpose’ and insert: ‘calls on the Executive to support, and adequately resource, a new energy efficiency scheme for vulnerable low-income households in order to tackle fuel poverty under the next Programme for Government, as well as to deliver on the aims of the Executive’s Energy Strategy; and further calls on the Minister for Communities to continue working at pace with his Executive colleagues and other stakeholders to launch a public consultation on a draft fuel poverty strategy before the end of this year.’

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