Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

First of all, the Revenue Commissioners have already run rebates, so it can be done. That is not the issue; the issue is that the toolbox that was published by the Commission on 13 October allows for rebates in relation to energy. That is a tool that is available to the Minister. He said it cannot be done, yet, he acknowledges that the Czech Republic's finance minister is engaged with the European Commissioner for Economy and has legislated to introduce such a measure during the winter.