Mr. Leo Clancy:

I am happy to start on those, and I will ask my colleague, Ms Toomey, who works closely with SEAI to pick up on that specifically. We do not have day to day involvement with the energy providers. We are aware of them, we know who they are, and we have contacts with them. When issues arise we are able to reach out, but it is not an ongoing dialogue. SEAI has more day to day relationships. Ms Toomey will cover that.

I am not aware of penalties, but it is increasingly becoming a debate as to what needs to happen for standing charges and other things, as companies become more self sufficient in energy. I presume that is what the Deputy means. It is not something on which we are informed. We are not part of that policy debate or any policy discussions. No client at any point has told me that they have been directly penalised because of the deployment of solar. It is quite the opposite actually. We see a lot of people buying term energy deals from the energy providers or from Irish companies, startups like Urbanvolt. Companies like that will install solar on-site and it is always positive. That is what I hear.