Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

I do not wish to in any way depress the Deputy but that is the figure. I will try to answer some questions. Deputy Varadkar and others asked about the statistics. I think I have stood here for probably 15 out of the past 17 years to speak about this issue and we say the same things. Consumption is falling in spite of the increased population and, as Deputy Varadkar correctly stated, the fact there are more eastern Europeans here. Consumption is down from 7 billion five years ago to 5.35 billion this year. I was surprised by these figures.

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