Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I would also like to have that information. The Commission for Regulation of Utilities, CRU, has estimated that as a result of the measure of providing 450 MW of energy, the actual cost on domestic bills will be €40 per bill. Yesterday in the Chamber I asked the Minister to indicate whether that 450 MW was the total of what will be supplied. What is the potential full cost that could be added to domestic bills? It appears that while the Government may be reducing the PSO levy and saying it is making savings - according to the statements yesterday, these savings will be applied to domestic bills – it will also be incurring this additional charge. There needs to be full transparency on exactly how much of that will land in people’s domestic bills. The fact that we are debating Committee and Remaining Stages and Deputies still do not have this information is completely unacceptable given that we are talking about public expenditure amounting to hundreds of millions of euro.

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