Ms Niamh O'Donoghue:

For electricity or gas. The change made was that instead of it being a unit allowance, which actually was very unpredictable from the Department's point of view because obviously the cost of units could change over the course of the year, it is now based on a cash credit in relation to a bill. That cash credit has been determined having regard to the average cost available from all of the suppliers. In essence what has happened instead of getting a unit credit, there is now a cash credit on individuals' bills or, for those who are not customers of Electric Ireland, its cash value.