254. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware of the dramatic increase in the public service obligation levy on electricity customers in recent years and the impact the recently proposed increase of €7,500 per month by the Commission for Energy Regulation will have on industry in 2016 and in 2017 and on businesses that have a 2,000 kVA requirement; the amount of the levy that relates to the burning of turf and that relates to wind energy; if he will review the policy in relation to the levy to reduce its effect on electricity costs which are among the highest in the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16589/16]

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254. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware of the dramatic increase in the public service obligation levy on electricity customers in recent years and the impact the recently proposed increase of €7,500 per month by the Commission for Energy Regulation will have on industry in 2016 and in 2017 and on businesses that have a 2,000 kVA requirement; the amount of the levy that relates to the burning of turf and that relates to wind energy; if he will review the policy in relation to the levy to reduce its effect on electricity costs which are among the highest in the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16589/16]

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