Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 19 February 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment
General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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That may be so. I do not wish to speculate on what final arrangements may emerge. There are no tariffs or regulatory obstacles in this area.
Consideration must be given to how a new platform can be worked out. There is a desire in Europe, the UK and here that the North-South single electricity market should continue to operate. The wider relationship of the UK to Europe is a somewhat separate issue. For example, the continuing operation of all interconnection is not noted in the withdrawal agreement as an objective or a desired objective. I do not wish to speculate on this issue.