Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On the issue of cost, to a layman, it sounds like quite a substantial matter to reduce the cost of electricity and achieve the viability that the witnesses are talking about. What sort of money does that represent in abating the 2 million tonnes of carbon that the witnesses say is the potential? What bill are we asking the Government to foot to achieve that?

The corollary is whether it is an effective use of the Government's money to get to 2 million tonnes of abatement. That is the sort of issue we will need to probe if we are to make a recommendation in favour of the sort of approach eHeat Ireland is suggesting.