Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It would be up to the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, the Minister and his regulators to form a view on the kind of pressures energy companies face at the moment. All I would say is the fact that every other economy is facing rising prices for energy coming through from a variety of energy suppliers points to the fact that the pressures relating to the cost and availability of fuel are real. If we were the only country facing exceptional increases, there would be some concern regarding how energy is being supplied to us and at what cost but that is not the case. Every other economy in Europe and across the world is facing these kind of challenges. I am sure the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications and his regulators will take time to see if there is any evidence of anything local having an impact on the prices about which we are concerned.