Mr. Garrett Blaney:

This is a really interesting point regarding the legislation. As it stands, we need to ensure we comply with all of the European legislation, particularly GDPR. My colleagues have been in discussion with the Data Protection Commissioner on this. It is important that consumers have confidence in the smart meter, that they have control of their data and that the data are not being used for any purposes for which they would not wish them to be used. I am not sure it is necessarily a telecoms dimension. Certainly, between the Data Protection Commissioner and the rights that are set in the process with ESB Networks, we are confident there will not be misuse of data and that data protection is built in. Perhaps Ms MacEvilly might like to add to what I have said?