Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

First of all, I remind people that the next round of the electricity credit is being applied this month. A further round of that €200 credit will be applied to domestic accounts in March. Again, that is part of the measures that we announced in late September which are still working their way through. Because of the way in which we scheduled and staggered them, the benefits of those measures are being spread. I accept that in the month of January, many people are facing big energy bills, and that the consumption and use of energy has been higher over the last couple of months. Of course, that has coincided with the increase in the per unit cost. We acknowledge that point. Like others in the Government, I have made the point that not all of the measures will, in their entirety, end at the end of February. There will not be a cliff edge in that respect. However, we have decisions to make on a number of the measures that are currently due to expire in law. Those decisions will be made shortly. I will come back to the Deputy on the other matter he raised.

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