John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I thank the Deputy. Deputy Boyd Barrett sends his apologies as he had to go into the Chamber to ask questions of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. I would like to raise a number of matters relating to Professor Clinch's address. On energy, Professor Clinch spoke of developing contingency plans to guarantee security of energy supply. What is the shape of that? Does he mean direct interconnectors to the Continent? Does he have any more flesh to put on that? On our over-dependence on oil, primarily, are there particular measures that could or should be promoted by Government to remove that over-dependence?