Galway Bay FM newsroom - Local TD Michael Fitzmaurice has branded Minister Eamon Ryan a "total crackpot" over the latest climate action planned by Government.
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It's as plans have been revealed to ban oil and gas boilers being installed in new and existing homes.
The ban would apply to newly built homes from next year - and to installations in existing houses from as early as 2025.
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Deputy Fitzmaurice says the cost of alternative heating methods is astronomical and questions how ordinary people are supposed to afford them, even with grants.
He argues this is another rushed-through, lunatic proposal from the Greens.
