Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)

I accept the reasoning behind the amendments. Senator Finucane is trying to achieve as wide a coverage as possible but the wording of the amendment is unnecessarily restrictive in that it appears to seek to confine energy efficiency services to other forms of home heating only.

The term "as may, from time to time, be determined by the Minister" in amendment No. 9 is superfluous because the term used in subsection (e) is all-embracing. What the Senator is trying to achieve is more properly achieved in the Bill as outlined.