In keeping with best practice, my Department placed the Bill on its website in November 2002 and received a wide range of comment in response to this consultation process. Included among these comments was a submission from RECI which responded in a constructive manner by outlining issues it considered needed to be addressed in the Bill in the interests of consumer protection and public safety. These views, along with all other submissions on the Bill, are being given active consideration in my Department. The detail of the provision to deal with the regulation of the electrical contracting industry is currently being considered by the Department in consultation with the Commission for Energy Regulation. Once finalised, the text will be forwarded to the parliamentary counsel's office for inclusion in the electricity Bill, which is expected to be introduced in the Oireachtas by the end of this year.