Mr. Paul Stapleton:

I will address the question of security deposits from the perspective of Electric Ireland. In general, Electric Ireland works with customers, in particular small business or as the Deputy mentioned, the hotel sector to ensure that we have an arrangement that will work for them. In the case of an existing customer with a good credit history who pays on time by direct debit we would not need a security deposit. We would certainly never disconnect a customer because of a deposit, we would work to reach an arrangement that would suit the customer.