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Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: County Cavan.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: I am not one of them either.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: I call on the Leader to arrange an emergency debate today on energy and, in particular, electricity supply. The Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, should come to the House for the debate. I welcome in principle the Bord Gáis decision to supply electricity to the residential market. Heating and energy costs are a significant portion of a householder's budget at present. Since last night 3,000...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: ——and let it reduce its price by 10% as well.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: Otherwise, it will be a very unfair market. It is grossly unfair. On "Morning Ireland" this morning it got tremendous publicity. Every Member of the House will probably sign up for it by the weekend over the Internet or by telephone. That is the reality. The ESB has increased its workers' wages by 3.5% while its senior executives are getting approximately €650,000 per annum. There are...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: The point is the regulator has been assigned responsibility for it.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: I am calling on the regulator——

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: ——to take the handcuffs off the ESB to allow it reduce costs and to reduce the costs——

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: This matter requires an emergency debate. I do not see why we cannot have an emergency debate in this House. There is no point in having this debate on Tuesday or Wednesday next when approximately 100,000 suppliers will have joined up to Bord Gáis. Who will read the meters and who will maintain the power lines after a storm?

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: The ESB.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: I put that question to the Leader. The question to the Leader is to ask him, in his position of Leader of this House, to invite the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources——

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: I wish to get the debate, that is the point.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: Remember that Bord na Móna supplies peat to the ESB.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: If there is a debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: If there is not a debate, I must try to make them now.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: Finally, I call on the ten shareholders who received €300 million to put their hands up now.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: I have a list here of about four.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: Relax, I will not name names in this House.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: I am asking them, for the sake of the democracy and of politics in this country, to please come forward and announce——