Paul Daly (Fianna Fail)
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I apologise for not being here for all of the meeting. There were lot of votes in the Seanad at the beginning of the meeting. I caught up with the submissions as the meeting went on. Most of the questions I had in mind have been covered but I have two technical questions for the ESB. Its representatives said it pays 10 cent per unit for the surplus produced by solar panels but it cannot charge for this. Where does it go? If it can be recorded and it is going onto the grid, is it not being used and put on a consumer's bill?

I do not want to sound sarcastic but the ESB is the face of electricity and there is a lot of talk about electrical vehicles. How much of its own fleet is electric? Does it have any plans to electrify its fleet?