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PSO Levy (20 Oct 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has calculated or received any calculations from any body under its aegis estimating the increase that would be required in the public service order levy to accommodate 800MW of additional installed capacity for on-shore wind energy and 800MW of additional installed capacity for off-shore...

PSO Levy (20 Oct 2010)

Leo Varadkar: This is probably the answer I was most afraid the Minister might give. The question I asked was whether his Department had calculated or received any calculations from anybody under its aegis estimating the increase that would be required in the PSO levy to accommodate 800 MW of onshore wind, and the same figure for onshore wind. He was able to give me the figure for onshore wind, €36...

PSO Levy (20 Oct 2010)

Leo Varadkar: It is customary for Opposition Members to ask the questions in this House, not the Minister, but I shall indulge him on this occasion, in telling him what I have already told him, namely, that the party has called for the PSO levy to be suspended for several months, pending a review, and that the moneys be taken away from the hyper profits of the semi-State companies the Minister likes to...

PSO Levy (20 Oct 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Not all - just big energy users.

PSO Levy (20 Oct 2010)

Leo Varadkar: On a point of order, a Cheann Comhairle-----

PSO Levy (20 Oct 2010)

Leo Varadkar: These are questions to the Minister. I asked the Minister a question and he did not answer it. He then asked me a question, which I indulged him by answering. He still will not answer my question. A Cheann Comhairle, would you ask him to answer the question?

PSO Levy (20 Oct 2010)

Leo Varadkar: No, it is not.

PSO Levy (20 Oct 2010)

Leo Varadkar: No. There is a question I asked about the-----

PSO Levy (20 Oct 2010)

Leo Varadkar: No. This is a serious point of order. I made the mistake of indulging the Minister by answering a question that he asked of me. Yet he refuses to answer my question. He has now admitted that various cost scenarios have been worked out and that he has deceived the Dáil. He has admitted that he will not-----

PSO Levy (20 Oct 2010)

Leo Varadkar: The public interest is not being looked after-----

PSO Levy (20 Oct 2010)

Leo Varadkar: -----when we have a deceptive, dishonest Minister who comes in here and asks Opposition spokespersons questions but will not answer any questions himself.

PSO Levy (20 Oct 2010)

Leo Varadkar: It is appalling.

PSO Levy (20 Oct 2010)

Leo Varadkar: No, I will not.

PSO Levy (20 Oct 2010)

Leo Varadkar: He is dishonest.

PSO Levy (20 Oct 2010)

Leo Varadkar: He is simply not answering the question.

PSO Levy (20 Oct 2010)

Leo Varadkar: I ask the Minister to answer the question I asked him.

PSO Levy (20 Oct 2010)

Leo Varadkar: This is ridiculous.

PSO Levy (20 Oct 2010)

Leo Varadkar: But it is dishonest.

PSO Levy (20 Oct 2010)

Leo Varadkar: No - I cannot-----

PSO Levy (20 Oct 2010)

Leo Varadkar: I will rephrase it in this way. The Minister was asked a question by me which he refused to answer. I asked him if his Department had estimated, or received calculations from any body under its aegis estimating the increase that would be required in the PSO levy to accommodate 800 MW of onshore wind energy. He gave the figure for onshore wind but did not give the figure for offshore wind....