Ossian Smyth (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

There are two points to be made on that, First, there should be a clear benefit to switching, and the packages should be better value than with the dumb meter version. Second, the data should be available in a simple way to everybody. If these benefits are not spelled out, people will not change readily. I take the Deputy's point on that.

A total of 33,740 customers registered their microgeneration installations and have had smart meters installed. This enables them to measure the electricity they export to the grid and get payments back for the electricity they generate when not at home.

I believe the Deputy asked about allowing the electricity companies to choose the correct plan for somebody and stated there was a problem with data protection.