Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)

No, for all energy users. It is important for large users in particular because that is where the jobs are and, yes, we want to support jobs. That is what we have done - not what the Deputy said. Crucially, the Deputy's proposal to stop PSOs for wind - even, as the Deputy said, on an interim basis - would have the same effect as a similar moratorium earlier in the last decade, which sent a message out to the financial community that its members should stop investing in wind energy projects in this country, doing major damage to the country. What the Deputy sees as a light little idea of stopping payments for a while would have a major negative effect in this industry, which creates a lot of employment.

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