Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

We will leave it at that.

Senators Paul Coghlan, Cullinane and Healy Eames raised the sale of ESB and the €2 billion committed under privatisation in the IMF-EU deal. Major decisions had to be made and the Government is in the business of making decisions. The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Rabbitte, has committed to come in to this House by the middle of October and there will be an opportunity for all Members to discuss the matters that they have raised in that connection with him by the middle of October.

I am sorry that Senator Byrne is disappointed that the fee will be €50, not €300, as many of his party colleagues have peddled during the summer months.