Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Will Mr. Finnegan respond on RESS, floating offshore wind energy and the planning obstacles?

I have actually thought of a question for the ESB in the area of public lighting. There seems to be an issue where it is contracted out, as it is in many local authorities. The contractor still needs the ESB to open the connection when there is an issue or fault. I do not know why it was ever outsourced, but it seems to be excessively truncated. The system is antiquated. The ESB has to be called a dozen times in a couple of weeks if there is a problem for the contractor to be able to do the work it is contracted to do. It seems messy. I have experienced it in a few places. A lot of phonecalls had to be made for what seemed to be simple stuff, to get a public light turned back on. I do not know. Perhaps that is something the ESB does not want to get into, but if it has a comment on it, I would welcome it.