Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

It is a good job they are not allowed to control the air in the same way they can control the fuel.

There is only one way to have a proper competitive energy policy in this country that would be of benefit to the economy. We must invest in the alternative energy area to such an extent that it is grown quickly. The Government promised to do it and it is a wonder we have not been told it will be done before the next general election, because there is no chance of that now.

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