Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

On the energy dimension, after the summit the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Roche, announced that the Government would take an initiative to either ban or tax the traditional light bulb. Has the Minister decided to turn out the lights or will the Government impose a tax on light bulbs? What contribution will the Government make on the issue? Having watched the Minister for Finance answering questions yesterday it did not strike me that banning the traditional light bulb was going down big in Tullamore.

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