Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I do not wish to be rude but I was slightly shocked when I heard the earlier introduction and the corresponding responses. If one is involved in energy policy for any period, this trialogue between environmental protection, competitiveness and security tends to become ingrained in one's head. I have never heard someone in recent years state that he or she just looks at the economic aspect. I could not believe that when I heard it. That may be the case but I was frantically trying to find the legislation on my telephone because I will have to look at it now as it may need to be amended. I could not believe that a modern regulator of an energy or water business would say it is not an environmental regulator and just does economics.