Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)

Our energy bills are among the highest in Europe. We all welcome today's announcement by Bord Gáis that it is to enter the domestic electricity market, which hopefully will provide some relief. However, businesses and domestic consumers are still being crippled by unnecessarily high electricity bills. The Taoiseach in recognising this made a commitment to ensure that energy prices would come down. They have not reduced. The regulator prevaricates——

See this speech in context