Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will not even take ten seconds as it is merely a point of clarification. The second point was not a criticism of the service providers regarding the length of time it takes them to reconnect customers. It was a criticism because customers are not getting reconnected until they pay off their debt in full and it is taking families on average five days to beg, borrow or steal the money to pay off their debt in full. That in itself makes little of the code of practice allowing customers to pay off their debt on a pay-as-you-go meter.

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