Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities

Mr. Jim Gannon:

It was picked up late. Part of the analysis of mitigation measures cannot just be how to prevent it happening again - it must also involve how to pick up something like this earlier to ensure if errors happen, they are picked up earlier. If any of those analyses lead us to think about whether this is a result of general underinvestment or general lack of attention around certain aspects, that is also something we will be picking up within ESB Networks and with it. We await the outcomes, but it is certainly something we are going to look at. It is not just about how to prevent the specific incident but also how to identify it earlier and to ask whether there are systemic challenges there.