Joe O'Toole (Independent)

I previously raised the question of energy. Legislation introduced in the other House by Deputy Varadkar states the Government should make an attempt to reduce the cost of energy, communications, travel and so on by 10% where it has such influence. This is a reasonable point and has become relevant in view of the recent job losses in the pharmaceutical industry. One of the factors that must be considered is the cost of energy in this country which is greater than the cost of labour or anything else. We should have a full debate on the issue-----