Mr. Seamus O'Loughlin:

I made my three submissions initially to the Minister. Then I met his nominee. I understood that he would step back from it. I met his nominee on a number of occasions. My wife and I were aware of the psychological toll this would take so I did not actually submit them until January 2019. We had to be prepared for what would come at us after that. The ESB was given a period of time to investigate each of the issues I raised and come back with responses. It has acted on an awful lot of the issues I have raised, which is validating if I am being honest. Where I am left is wondering where I will be in six months' time. Will I still have a job? Will I be able to provide for my wife and family? This is the difficult situation I find myself in. As I said earlier, the people whom I contend are the more farsighted in the company reckon I have done it a massive service because we have been compelled to grasp very difficult nettles, such as the SF6 reporting. Staff are asked to go out and regas breakers that are continually leaking. That is a clear breach of the F-gas directive.

Is the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, an oversight or a policing authority? What role does the Commission for Regulation of Utilities, CRU, have in all of this? All of that must be clearly defined to ensure this does not happen again.