Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It has. I have just got a note to that effect. In the area of electricity, a schools electricity competition is currently under way with the support of the National Procurement Service. This is the service run by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform which is assisting large spending Departments like the Department of Education and Skills. More than 1,700 schools are included in the competition and the overall savings that can be achieved from the competition are an estimated €1 million, with most schools set to achieve savings of approximately 10% from their existing electricity costs. There is support and it is co-ordinated. I would be surprised if the principals in the schools with which the Deputy is in contact are not aware of this. Many principals will say there is a lot of administration involved and so on but we are trying to be as helpful as possible. There are great opportunities for mitigating - not balancing - the costs of the 1% capitation grant reduction.