Ms Marie Donnelly:

That is absolutely clear. Government does have a key role to play in two ways. The first - and the one that can be taken most quickly - is to remove obstacles. Rules and regulations or whatever that are there that should not be there should be taken away. I cited one or two but with a little research I could probably find another few.

Saying something cannot be done, in a world where people can think outside the box and access things in a different way, is no longer valid. We must try to avoid situations where we say, "Thou shalt not do", but rather, "You can achieve", and go and do it in the most efficient way. That is the second role of Government, which is sometimes to incentivise people to take action. People are clever enough to take the action that is logical and most cost-effective for themselves, but sometimes they need to be prompted to do so. That is where the Government comes in to facilitate the change, at least at a citizen and community level. The micro-grid financing tariff is one. It defeats my logic that one would generate renewable electricity and then either switch off the system or spill the electricity without reward. I find it difficult to understand that as a logic.