Seán Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)

-----and creating the employment opportunities that are needed.

The Taoiseach mentioned that we are very competitive. Does he not realise that electricity prices in the State are among the highest in Europe, which seriously damages our competitiveness? Yet we have natural resources which, if they were developed, would allow us to become net exporters of electricity.

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