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There has to be built-in flexibility. One of us might raise with you an issue—psychiatric beds, for example—that we would like the committee to discuss.
Members will recall that we agreed to hold a taking stock exercise with the Minister for Rural Development. I have already approached the minister to invite him to attend the committee on 20 March.
The amounts that are offered for renewables development are far too small. That is why such development is so slow.The nuclear argument is predicated on the supply of uranium.
In the main, the funding for renewables seems to be coming from the private purse, albeit with some Government subsidy.The fact that a huge amount was spent on developing the nuclear industry in the past distorts the debate.