Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

Does the Minister agree with me that it is a fallacy to sell crucial State assets to create competition when, in fact, the State, especially if it restructured the boards of assets such as electricity generation and gas companies in a democratic way, could determine the price and a fair price for ordinary people could be achieved? He did not answer my question on Bord Gáis and I call on him to be specific in this regard. How on earth would he sign off on the sale of a facility-----

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