Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)

The budget next week will be written by the Minister for Finance but I do not expect any major change in the policy that I have set out as Minister responsible for an energy policy that is working in terms of regards bringing down prices, introducing investment in jobs and having a competitive market where State companies allow other concerns access to the networks while at the same time allowing their energy and supply companies to develop. This policy is working, it makes economic sense and is creating jobs. What Fine Gael is planning would break up all that and damage the country, which I would not allow.

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