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

On the reporting issue, I raised a local issue in our hearings with the ESB to give an example. In 2009, there was a leak in the Dodder Valley area. I classify this area as a sensitive environmental habitat. It is in my constituency but it is an important urban river. During an earlier hearing, I asked Mr. Paddy Hayes whether the ESB had contacted the EPA and he said it had not. He said the ESB thought it was appropriate just to contact the local authority. This was with regard to a leak of mineral oil fuel from a leaking cable. In such an instance is it clear the ESB should have contacted the EPA to report such a leak?