John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Will Mr. Nolan give the committee a note on the background to this issue, setting out the reason the Commission for Energy Regulation addressed this matter in 2011, what consultation process it entered into and the reaction to it, including some negative reaction? Perhaps he will read the record of Dáil debates from that time and examine the contributions that were made in the Dáil on the issue. The expectation was that the pipeline tariffs were out of line with the direction in which the market was moving and that we would have had cheaper consumer prices. I would like to know the background to the process. I will not discuss it in detail today because of the court case as I would not like to ask any questions that could create difficulties for the commission before the courts. Notwithstanding that, I ask Mr. Nolan to provide a comprehensive note on this issue.