Mr. Frank Maughan:

I will respond to the Deputy's question on microgeneration. My recollection is that the Minister accepted the broad principles of that Bill on Second Stage but there may have been differences of view on the details of the Bill. The Minister has now come forward with a plan on how he proposes to implement a microgeneration framework in Ireland, which takes account of the need to have a framework that will reimburse householders for the export of excess electricity to the grid. There are a number of design steps to work through in putting that in place, but the Minister is very ambitious to get that in place as soon as possible.

I cannot speak on the detail of the differences that the Minister might have with Deputy Stanley's Bill.