Ossian Smyth (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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I can understand why the decision was made in 2009. It was a period of financial crisis when people were worried about keeping their jobs. I understand that and the motivation for making that decision in 2009. It probably should have been reviewed more carefully during the period since then. The CRU regularly comes to this committee and members, including possibly previous members, probably should have discussed with it whether it was a good idea to maintain the measure since then. We are now in a period of full employment so concerns about employment have gone away and we are now more concerned about the cost of electricity bills.