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Time Dublin Castle- Monday 7th February
9.00am Conference Registration
9:30am OPENING & WELCOME-  Dave McCarthy Chairman Energy Action Chairperson
  • Chairperson: Brendan Halligan, Chairman SEAI
  • Speakers:
    • Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources Eamon Ryan 
    • Prof Owen Lewis, CEO SEAI
    • Brid Horan, Executive Director, Electric Ireland & Shared Services, ESB

                            
10:00am WHAT IS FUEL POVERTY & WHO SUFFERS FROM IT? 
  • Chairperson: Charles Roarty, General Manager, Energy Action Ltd. 
  • Speaker: Dr. Brenda Boardman, Emeritus Fellow, Environmental Change Institute
10:30am Coffee and Exhibition
11:00am ADDRESSING FUEL POVERTY – THE U.K./N.I. EXPERIENCE 
  • Chairperson: John McMullan, Chief Executive, Bryson Charitable Group
  • Speakers:
    • Norman Kerr, Director, Energy Action Scotland
    • Richard Rodgers, Managing Director, EAGA International
    • Nigel J. Brady, Director, Northern Ireland Energy Agency
    • Bill Sheldrick, CEO, Alembic Research – “Thinking Global Acting Local”
12.00pm WORKSHOPS 

1.FUEL DEBT

  • Facilitator: John-Mark McCafferty, Head of Social Justice and Policy, SVP 
  • Speakers:
    • Michael Culloty, National Social Policy and Communications Officer, MABS
    • Emer Begley, Social Inclusion and Policy Officer, Age Action Ireland
    • Helen Dunne, Policy & Communications Officer, Rural Social Link      

2. EUROPEAN TABULA PROJECT: TYPOLOGY OF IRISH/EU HOUSING – BER
ANALYSIS OF TYPICAL IRISH DWELLINGS

  • Speakers:
    • Michael Hanratty, Managing Director, IHER Energy Services
    • Bill Sheldrick, CEO Alembic Research 

3. CBOs DELIVERING A SERVICE TO THE FUEL POOR

  • Facilitator: Clare Ryan, Chair Fuel Poverty Forum; 
  • Speaker:  
    • Gerry McGough, Energy Action Ltd
    •  John French, Head of Energy, Consumer Council for Northern Ireland

4. PROTECTING THE FUEL POOR THROUGH REGULATION

  • Speakers:
    • Cathy Mannion, Director of Electricity Networks & Retail, CER
    • Pádraig Flemming, Director of Strategy & Regulation, Bord Gáis
    • Déaglan Ó'Dónaill, Retrofit Programme Manager, ESB Electric Ireland
    • David Manning, Head of Public Affairs, Airtricity
    • Jenny Livingstone, Energy Services Manager, NIE Energy
1:15pm Lunch
2:15pm FUEL POVERTY – CURRENT POLICY & PRACTICE
  • Chairperson: Niall Ó Donnchú, Director, Energy Action Ltd.
  • Speakers:       
    • St John O’Connor, Principal Officer, Department of Communications, Energy
      & Natural Resources – “Energy Affordability Policy”
    • Brian Motherway, Chief Operations Officer, SEAI – “Warmer Homes Scheme -
      Practice Addressing Fuel Poverty”
    • Brian Dowd, Manager New Products and Services, ESB Electric Ireland
      – “Fuel Affordability, A Utility Perspective”

3:30pm Coffee and Exhibition
4:00-5:00pm THE HEALTH IMPACTS OF FUEL POVERTY IN IRELAND & THE UK 
  • Chairperson: Tow Rowley, Director Energy Action 
  • Speakers:      
    • Dr. Christine Liddell, Professor of Psychology, Psychology Research Institute
    • Angela Mawle Chief Executive PHA UK
    • Dr. Helen McAvoy, Senior Policy Officer, Institute of Public Health
5:15pm Lord Mayor of Dublin, Civic Reception -

Hosted by: Cllr. Gerry Breen, Lord Mayor of Dublin

6.00pm Buses to hotel
8:30pm Conference Dinner at the Burlington Hotel
9.45pm Evening Entertainment – Céilí
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