John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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I thank Mr. Brannigan for his contribution. The reason the witnesses have been invited to meet us is because we had originally considered inviting EirGrid first, but after a discussion at committee level, we decided it was important to hear the concerns emerging locally. We invited the witnesses to speak to us in order that we could put their questions to EirGrid when its representatives appear before us on 4 December. The transcript of this meeting will go directly to the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. I hope the witnesses will view this process as a means of sharing their frustrations and concerns in a public forum. It is clear this is an issue which gives rise to considerable emotion, and rightly so, but this forum allows us to focus on the problems rather than the personalities.