Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The next two items will be taken together.

I welcome Mr. Garrett Blaney, chairman, the Commission for Energy Regulation and Ms Aoife MacEvilly, commissioner, the Commission for Energy Regulation; Mr. Jim Gannon, chief executive officer, Sustainable Energy of Authority of Ireland and Dr. Eimear Cotter, low carbon technologies, Sustainable Energy of Authority of Ireland; Mr. Fintan Slye, chief executive officer, EirGrid, Mr. Rodney Doyle, director, market operations and general manager, EirGrid; Mr. Peter O'Shea, head of strategy and regulation, ESB, and Mr. John Lawlor, manager, corporate regulation and strategy, ESB, and Mr. Seán Murphy, manager, public affairs, ESB.

I propose the main witnesses will speak for five minutes each, followed by a questions and answers session where each member may ask a question not exceeding three minutes. Is that agreed? Agreed.

I invite Mr. Garrett Blaney, the Commission for Energy Regulation, to make his opening statement.