As people in Northern Ireland start to receive the long-awaited £600 energy bill support payment, here's our guide to everything you need to know about the scheme
Households in Great Britain have been receiving their money in monthly instalments since OctoberWhy has the energy payment scheme been delayed in Northern Ireland?Political stalemate at Stormont has delayed the delivery of the energy support scheme, the government saidFirstly, Northern Ireland has its own energy market with its own rules, regulated by the Utility Regulator, whereas energy prices are regulated in England, Scotland and Wales via the energy price cap.
In the end, it decided to apply the £200 oil payments to all households regardless of how they heat their homes.delay on the lack of a functioning Stormont executiveThere has been no power-sharing government in Northern Ireland since February when the DUP walked out of the executive in protest overSince May's assembly election, the party have refused to elect a speaker five times until their concerns over the protocol are addressed.
However, Sinn Féin's Conor Murphy, who held the finance minister role at the time, suggested that if an executive had been in place, the delay could have been ended with equivalent funding from London for the £400 discount being allocated by the Department of Finance and distributed into a scheme. Those who pay quarterly or use a pre-payment meter, representing about 500,000 people in Northern Ireland, are receiving vouchers in the post.Customers who are registered as vulnerable with electricity firms, such as those with medical equipment, are being given priority in the rollout.at the Post Office.
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