Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)

Since the Tánaiste makes it clear that we will have further debates in this House, probably at the expense of legislation, can we have a debate on the White Paper on energy? There is a new Government and a vote by workers in the ESB threatens industrial action. We also have a change of view on the part of the European Commission regarding the break-up of national utilities. There was no mention of the break-up of EirGrid and the ESB in the Green Paper on energy. A debate seems timely.

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