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their ever-increasing, and already huge, electricity bills. We want to do renewable energy in a very different way. Rather than excessive commodification of energy for profit, we would treat it as a public good and translate that into national wealth, increased community ownership, proper consultation and fair

profits of €650 million last year, half a million people are in energy arrears; — the Deposit Re-turn Scheme was introduced in 2024, adding 25 cent and 15 cent per can and bottle onto consumers' shopping bills upfront at the till, and it is an amount in excess … house by an estimated €50,000 per house, and this is also a market activation initiative, as it would improve viability; — reduce profits at semi-State ESB to zero, allow it to wash its face, cover its costs and invest, as this would save every household €300; — reform

windfall tax to be imposed on the large energy companies, including the wind farm owners where there are high profits, once profits go over a certain amount. That money should be used and ploughed into retrofitting for middle-income families who do not qualify for the free scheme … seen reports from it and it is a toothless tiger. It has turned out to be useless. Last year, €9.5 billion in excess was given out but nothing happened for workers. Nothing happened to the taxation of middle-income workers, those people on between