Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)

It is no more unparliamentary than somebody who will not allow people to answer questions.

As I said, the legal position is that I have no function concerning prices or price increases. Some time ago, the House in its wisdom handed that function over to the Commission for Energy Regulation. Therefore, I do not have a function in that regard.

Even though I do not know how it is related to this particular question, the Deputy also asked me about the dividend that the ESB pays to the Government. That dividend goes into the general Exchequer. It is used by the Government——

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