Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 July 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

ESB Networks: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Paddy Hayes:

-----2012 and that was followed by the long-term commissioning of some equipment, including the tendering, buying and installation. At any given point, therefore, we have a range of issues where we are managing the past and investing for the future. Having said that, however, everyone who brings an issue to us in respect of an opportunity to improve or a concern about safety provides us with an opportunity to make a difference. To take one example, when we investigated the first protected disclosure to the Minister regarding fluid-filled cables our investigation came up with the finding that there was an opportunity for us to improve our liaison and reporting with the local authorities. That was despite the fact that we had reported each and every leak to water in the last 26 years. There was an opportunity to do that better. We have now put in place a protocol with each of those local authorities for reporting any future leakage. As a result, it has been an opportunity for us to improve.

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