Ossian Smyth (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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In 2009, it was a time of financial crisis and unemployment was rising. It was a time when, if one asked the public what they were most concerned about, I think they were 100 times more concerned about losing their jobs or getting a job than they were about the level of their electricity bills. I think if one asked the public now how they feel about unemployment versus the level of their electricity bills, one would get the opposite answer. I think that was probably the logic that led up to it. Then again, that is speculation on my part.