John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Thank you, Minister and I thank your officials for engaging with us and giving your thinking behind the Green Paper and the necessity for it. Energy policy is contentious in some ways but it must be confronted. This is an important part of the process. The Minister may or may not be aware that we hope to produce a report on the renewable energy sector later in the year. I note the deadline for submissions is 31 July. We will be stretched to have it ready by then but I hope it can feed into your deliberations and on the process you have started.