Northern Ireland households are disadvantaged compared to their GB counterparts in not receiving energy support payments yet, MPs hear.
Northern Ireland households are disadvantaged compared to their UK counterparts , a group of MPs has been told.
Northern Ireland has a separate energy market and it remains unclear when these payments will be made here.While some politicians had suggested the support would reach Northern Ireland in November,"That's a universal payment that households in Northern Ireland haven't been able to access yet," Jamie Miller from National Energy Action told MPs.
"The weather is cold, it was 0C overnight in Northern Ireland and there's a weather warning in place this week. Mr Miller said there had been a number of people who got in touch with his organisation because they were short of money.Image caption,"I would say the greater anxiety is just that people are having to go without heat at the moment or without adequate heat because the money hasn't arrived," the Consumer Council's Peter McClenaghan said.
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