(1) Whether his department has contributed towards the designing of a mechanism for funding the Single Buyers Office (SBO) for the Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff (Refit); if not, who is responsible for funding the SBO; if so, (a) how will the SBO be funded and (b) how much money is available for backing renewable energy projects through the Refit; (2) whether the money that is being accumulated from the energy tax (details furnished) will form part of the funding for the SBO; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?