Mr. Noel Regan:

It is possibly not for me to say specifically on that, but one can see that there are certainly areas where there are issues and different sorts of State bodies are interacting a lot. Maybe a catch-all for all of them might not work because they work in such a diverse area. A common approach to dealing with them will probably have to evolve. It can be seen that they all have different interests. The agencies under the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment have very much economic interests. The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, has an interest in emissions. More work will be needed on how to channel them all. It would also be part of some of the reviews I mentioned. With regard to a hydrogen policy, there would be different State actors with a role there. With regard to biomethane, that is being done by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, so that will already naturally bring in some of the State bodies, including GNI.

I am not aware of any specific industrial relations issues.

On the point that the Deputy raised about local authorities, it is more straightforward in a sense. That is not the case with GNI. It has direct employees. They have contracts for some services, but it is not reliant on local authorities, which I know was always a complication with Irish Water. I do not think that issue applies in this case.