Ossian Smyth (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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I do not think that the Government had a decision-making power over this particular item. The Government might have wanted this to happen, and had a discussion with the CRU about it, but the CRU made the decision and put this to the Government, and said this is what it was planning to do. The Minister at the time wrote back and said he agreed to it but this matter did not actually require the agreement of the Minister. This was something that was within the power of the CRU to carry out themselves.