Dr. Ciaran Byrne:

Through our sustainable energy communities, we had programmes such as Watt Watchers that did exactly what the Chairman described and highlighted the simple steps that can be taken to reduce energy use in the home. We previously gave out energy monitors as promotional material. Obviously, we are in the middle of an energy crisis and we are considering what response we can make to improve the general knowledge of the issue referred to by the Chairman, that is, the energy usage of various household appliances and what they actually cost to use. We are looking to roll out further information towards sustainable energy communities in terms of bringing that awareness to people. I understand an information campaign will start today or tomorrow. I know people are sometimes pilloried with messages to take shorter showers and things like that, but showers do actually use a hell of a lot of energy. Even the energy consumption resulting from leaving televisions and chargers plugged in overnight, although small, does add up.