asked the Minister for Energy the total number of reviews taking place within his Department on various energy projects, proposed or started at various locations throughout the country; if he will outline these reviews in detail; if he will outline the exact group or sections of his Department that are dealing with these reviews; if he will give the exact date on which the reviews started and will be completed; and if he will state clearly the dates on which a Government decision will be made on both the reviews and the projects.

In a Department dealing with energy matters it is inevitable that at any given moment a wide variety of matters of varying importance will be under review. It would not be possible to give in a meaningful way the information requested by the Deputy without taking on a volume of work that would be out of proportion to the value of the exercise.

I am disappointed at the Minister's reply. The question is very explicit and concerns specific details.

Has the Deputy a supplementary?

We have got no information whatever. It is absolutely ridiculous for us to put down questions if we cannot get specific answers. Can the Minister tell us off the top of his head as the person responsible for energy how many reviews are going on?

At the moment in my Department we are reviewing the ESB strategic plan, the whole question of ESB pricing, the Ballyforan project. There is a general review of BGE pricing and corporate policy, and we are reviewing the functions of the Irish National Petroleum Corporation.