Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)

The Minister said he did not know from where the figure of €40 million came. It has come from Bord Gais repeatedly.

The Minister and others have said that everything is up for grabs now because we are in a completely new situation. Even if it is a small gesture to the hard pressed consumer who will ultimately pay, the Minister should state that he will direct the regulator not to continue on this path of squandering money unnecessarily at a time when everybody is having to watch out how they pay their bills and has to take due to the uncertain times in which we live.

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