Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

The Deputy may well have a point about the effectiveness of the marketing of the initiative but one should be struck by the number of correspondents who communicate with the Department about it. It would appear that there is a wider level of interest than there is of uptake and I am unsure why this is the case. There is regular e-mail traffic to the Department from individuals seeking information on it. The ESB is the only supplier and no other supplier has chosen to enter the market. I suppose this is because of the cost of the supports involved. Nevertheless, only the ESB is in place and I suppose to some degree this constrains it. I will certainly examine the point raised by the Deputy and come back to him on it.

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