A Roscommon senator is calling for standing charges for electricity to be waived during power cuts.
Gareth Scahill says thousands of households have had long power outages over the past year, due to storms.
He says some families were without electricity for days.
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The Fine Gael politician says they still had to pay standing charges – but these should be waived in future:
But Trade Minister Neale Richmond says the government can’t intervene:
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