John Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)

The Long Title is intended to encapsulate the Bill's purpose in general terms. The mechanisms referred to in the amendment are captured in its drafting. Section 9 establishes the protection of the interests of consumers of electricity, both North and South, as the principal objective of the Minister, the Commission for Energy Regulation and the SEM committee in the exercise of a single electricity market function. Specific provisions for mechanisms to protect the interests of electricity consumers are already contained in the Title and the amendment is, therefore, unnecessary.

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