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

I thank the Deputy. I will have to check with the Minister, Deputy Ryan, who is attending COP 27 at present, to see what solution we came up with. I know it turned out to be quite complicated given the nature of bill pay being different from pay-as-you-go. As the Deputy acknowledged, there are no disconnections at certain times such as weekends. We were trying to make it easier for people to move from pay-as-you-go to bill pay without having to pay €160. I am not sure where it ended up. I know the Department with responsibility for energy was doing some work to try to find a solution for the very reasonable issues Deputy Barry has raised. I will check the Minister, Deputy Ryan, and his people and see whether I can come back to the Deputy later.

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