Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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However, the Minister could not guarantee that. The Minister and the Department built in assumptions, which are very reasonable, but he made the point to the committee that he would not bring forward a scheme unless he could cost it properly. The argument against a scheme for households is that energy prices may go through the roof. What if they went through the roof for businesses? What is the exposure of the State to the TBESS? The only way that could be calculated is to multiply the number of businesses eligible by the maximum grant available. Is that correct?