Larry Butler (Fianna Fail)

I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Eamon Ryan, to come to the House to discuss the development of the new insulation programme in view of the fact that we are going to introduce a carbon tax. I would like to see the Minister developing the scheme much further. There are 6,000 people working in the industry. The Minister was active in pursuing the proposal I made six or seven months ago and got the scheme up and running. While it is working extremely well, it could be developed much further. It would help to make the new carbon tax more acceptable. People would be able to insulate their houses and install new smart equipment which would cut costs very substantially. It would be a great opportunity.

I disagree with the Senator who commented NAMA was driving down the share prices of the banks. That is not true. It is generally accepted that-----