Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

I ask the Minister of State and the Minister to confirm that yesterday, the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills told us the HEA and a group of colleges within the authority had come together to negotiate with an energy supplier, of gas in this case. Will the Minister of State offer an opinion? If schools under a particular patronage were to join together, for example, the 92% of the 3,000 or so schools, and collectively approach and negotiate a deal with a gas supplier, would this not be something the likes of which the Tánaiste lauded yesterday morning in committee room 3?

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