Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)

The price will persuade people to invest or not. It is a commercial decision. Will the Minister of State agree that the roll-out phase of a programme such as this is the time to get a high return on investment to kick-start it? We can return to 19 cent per kilowatt-hour in five years time when the scheme is up and running with 15% of households producing their own power. Will the Minister of State accept Ireland is very poorly positioned in the context of how it benchmarks itself against other countries that are serious with regard to decentralising power generation and encouraging micro-generation?

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