Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

It took the Government six months but it did a reasonably good job. However, it does not propose to spend as much money. I will give the Minister of State some advice. If, for example, oil at the pumps dries up at some stage, if one turns on the switch in the morning and nothing happens, or if one plugs in the kettle in the morning or evening and the only thing that purrs is the cat, that will concentrate minds. I congratulate the Government on belatedly adopting the Fine Gael policies on the development of alternative energy resources.

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