Joe Neville (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

I will ask a couple of specific questions. I could not help but notice during Leaders' Questions what Deputy McDonald said about how our increases in energy costs still remain some of the highest and, in fairness, some other contributors said the same. I also know from my own studies where we are getting our energy from. Is it purely related to the price of gas, because Dr. O'Toole identified that as well, with gas still being the key energy provider to the country over wind and everything else? Is our higher energy cost coming from the fact that it is gas as we do not have any nuclear energy and we have very little-----