A local Senator has proposed waiving electricity standing charges for customers affected by prolonged power outages.
Senator Gareth Scahill said households should not pay network charges when they are left without electricity through no fault of their own.
Storm Éowyn resulted severe impact on families, farms and businesses, particularly locally.
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Parts of counties Longford, Leitrim and Roscommon saw outages of electricity and water for three weeks.
Fine Gael Senator Scahill feels consumer protection measures should be strengthened as extreme weather becomes more frequent:
