Timmy Dooley (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am sorry, I do not mean to rush Mr. Fenlon but I have to rush to try to get what I can into the time. We are told that smart meters are supposed to work to assist us to manage the usage of our electricity to consume a lesser amount of electricity at peak times. Electric Ireland has already indicated by the increase in the standing charges that it does not see that as hugely important.

Electric Ireland has a sales team, I assume, which will be engaging with people who want to purchase its product. Does the company incentivise them in a way that would help consumers to reduce their consumption of electricity? If one of the stated objectives of investing in a smart meter is to help people to reduce their consumption of electricity, should it then follow that Electric Ireland would incentivise its sales team for the amount of electricity that people ultimately save or do not use?