Maria Byrne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive response and I thank the Government for the €200 energy credits. I know people on social welfare will receive another one next week with their payments. This has been a help. In contacting the energy companies, I found that those providing electricity were much more amenable to answering questions than those providing gas.That is only from my personal experience in contacting them on behalf of concerned citizens. In respect of these high profits that we see, I hope that the regulator and the people involved in working with them will be able to share that cost and bring down the cost for families.

I thank the Minister of State for explaining it. However, I would like a commitment that if costs are to rise again, it will be monitored.