Mr. Feargal Ó Coigligh:

We will come back to the Senator on that. There are a number of questions on which we need to come back to the committee and we can also come back to it on the issue of metering. If there is a general desire across all parties in the House to introduce metering, it is certainly a matter we can examine.

Regarding the legislation, we have the general scheme here today so we will take any further comments from the committee on board. In parallel with that, we are continuing the detailed legal drafting with the Office of the Attorney General to tease out some of the remaining questions. That will take a number of months to complete. We will then go back again to the Government to formally introduce the Bill to the House. This drafting will take a number of months.