Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy is saying that we were of the understanding that we would have a review paper that would inform us as a committee to make a recommendation in advance of the budget on a number of issues, including fuel poverty and how that revenue should be used and allocated. We do not have that information here. As Mr. Kenny said, it may have been done. The optics today suggest that it has not been done in a co-ordinated way. We do not have that document in front of us and that is what we had expected. Perhaps the work is happening and we can hear statistics and facts from the ESRI, St. Vincent de Paul and the Departments. The Deputy has expressed it well. It is important that the witnesses understand that we are seeking a co-ordinated approach by the Departments that will help us in our cross-party work to help the Departments to implement this all-of-Government plan and to protect those who are most vulnerable and who will find that transition hardest. We need that information to work with.