Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

Legislation relating to the national transmission company will probably be brought forward during the course of next year. I do not accept for a moment that what the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Ryan, said on a debate on energy policy, including the options for nuclear energy, is in any way at variance with the commitments in the programme for Government. I had not finished my answer but I will stop if the Deputy wants to interrupt.

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