Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We are examining some of those options at the moment, both in terms of putting people on preferential tariffs, doing what the Deputy suggested in respect of switching, and the move to time-of-day pricing. The truth is energy prices will go up and down in the course of the coming couple of years. The thing that can be most helpful to people are the kind of sustainable solutions he mentioned - making sure people get proper notice of increases, making sure they know how to switch and making it easy to do so. Many people do not switch and, therefore, do not get the best value. We are also considering moving to things like an auto-enroll opt-out system for time-of-day pricing, which can help to bring down bills by a lot.

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