John Perry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)

What consultations have taken place with the ESB on the forthcoming deregulation and expanding the grid? The major difficulty with establishing wind farms is the prohibitive cost of connecting to the grid. How supportive has the ESB been of deregulation, opening the market to competition, and wind farms? Do the location of wind farms constrain the development of the national grid?

See this speech in context