Ms Una Nic Giolla Choille:

ACER was set up in 2009 as part of the third energy package, and this package is amending that legislation. The position of the Northern Ireland regulator is unaffected in the sense that the membership of ACER is drawn from national regulatory authorities, that is, member state regulators. Northern Ireland and other regional regulators are not members as of now and have not been since its establishment. That being said, as we all know the single electricity market is regulated jointly and in a co-operative fashion by the Northern Ireland and the Irish regulator together with independent regulators in a governance structure known as the single electricity market committee. SEAI, as Ireland's national regulatory authority, of course bring that perspective to ACER deliberations.