"Green" policies are destroying this country

Seai website,

Please point exactly what you don't understand about what was posted viz.

" You've omitted that under this proposed "ban" - for anyone harvesting their own turf, it would be illegal to even give it to friends, family or neighbours"

And yes that as an clearly unworkable policy would indeed be

Yet another example of the ridiculous stupidity of the highest order and something truly worthy of the idiocy of green party policies.

Posting by reply about the existence of an irirrelevant archaic and equally unworkable restriction on turbary rights arising from the days of Landlordism and offered in defence of said green party policy would also be a "riduclously stupid" position

DaCor considering the abject quality of much of the contrary contributions to the topic of "Green" policies are destroying the country, "logical contributions" have certainly not been a feature of that except with some minor exceptions imho.

I can see an increase in the suicide rate in the next year, people are seriously struggling , anyone with any kind of borrowing must be dreading every bill.

Government have to make it possible that all retrofits can be availed of by all with no up front payment and repayments spread over 20 years if necessary.

Not if you are working,you'd have to borrow halfthe money and chances are your wages wouldn't be high enough,thered also be quite a number of people with no credit ratings,add to that lots of people would already be maxed on loans with mortgage etc. It would have to be a state loan system, not one from a financial institution, think of it like the old ESB shop where many houses got their first fridge and washing machine through their electric bill over a lengthy period. Payments could be deducted along with tax on wages and if you lose your job a reduced amount off SW.

Remember the government figured €350 a week was enough to cover Covid so they know that real wages are quite small.

Strike 1,2,3 altogether : You do know that alone deal with vulnerable older people all the time and i doubt the ceo would just state what he did below in late 2021 or are you saying he is telling porky pies?

Also you do know the

CEO of ALONE Seán Moynihan commented: “Older people are one of the highest at risk groups of fuel poverty, with many relying on the State Pension as their main source of income, which is below the poverty line. Nearly 3,000 deaths are related to fuel poverty on the island of Ireland over the winter months, the highest in Europe[2], older people make up the bulk of these deaths.

I rather believe the ceo of alone than yourself... They see it everyday but hey as i said maybe hes just a bullshitter

If you dont believe alone then maybe an oireactas report 2022 might convince you

Consequences of energy poverty

of certain vulnerable people and households being unable to 

afford to meet their energy needs. 

It is well established that certain groups are more vulnerable to energy poverty and its 

consequences. This may be because they are poorer and have limited capacity to meet their 

energy costs, particularly in a fluctuating market reliant on imported fuels, or because they have 

increased energy needs, or both of these factors combined. Groups that are most frequently s of energy poverty can be described as impacting on people in 

three broad ways: 

▪ Health and wellbeing.

▪ Social inclusion and social cohesion; and 

▪ Housing tenure.

These will now be explored briefly in turn. 

Health and well being

Energy poverty has been shown to be both a consequence and cause of poor health outcomes. 

There is evidence of a link between being energy poor and ill health. According to Thomson et al

(2017): 

“The energy poor population is statistically more likely to report poor health and emotional 

well-being than the non-energy poor population, with a higher incidence of bad and very 

bad SRH [self-reported health], poor emotional well-being, and likely depression.”27

In Ireland, and globally,28 there is evidence of cold-related deaths in the winters, and such deaths 

are experienced in higher numbers by older people.29 Excess winter deaths are defined as those 

which take place in winter in excess of the deaths in the preceding and following four-month 

seasons. According to a WHO report, there are about a quarter of a million excess deaths each year in Europe

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"It seems the requirements for planning permission will be changed soon for Solar PV. Not that anyone adheres to them anymore"

Our current planning system lacks any transparancy or indeed consistency across the countrys multitude of unregulated county councils and there's a running joke with regard to planning to such things as housing and Solar PV. The case taken against limerick Councils planning department is a case in point.

Interestingly the green party's own website seem to be suggesting that any abrogation of the current planning laws for Solar PV relates only to public building, schools and agricultural buildings?

https://www.greenparty.ie/news/planning-exemptions-solar-panel-bills-soon-become-reality-greens-welcome-update-taoiseach

Elsewhere I note the greens are actually blocking necessary reforms to our planning systems with predictable political fallout

The Green Party are currently 'opposing the overhaul of planning laws being proposed by Minister of State Peter Burke, who has said housing delivery could be accelerated by a crackdown on what he labelled an “industry” of judicial reviews'

The greens are arguing for maintaining the current planning system, which funnily enough sees a constant stream of legal challenges in the form of legal actions from various "green" interests holding up many housing and essential infrastructure projects.

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/obrien-backs-fine-gael-plans-to-overhaul-planning-process-as-greens-oppose-it-41306838.html