Ciarán Ahern (Dublin South West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank all our participants for giving us the benefit of their expertise and their time. I would like to move on to private wires for a minute because Deputy Byrne raised it. Maybe this is more for EirGrid and ESB Networks. Have they any concerns about the development of private wires? This in some respects amounts to part-privatisation of what was previously a totally State-controlled, State-run and equitably distributed network. From that perspective, do they have any concerns about the private wires legislation? I know it was published only very recently. I do not know whether they have any view as to whether the type of legislation being brought forward would allay any of their concerns.