Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 6:

In page 4, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following:

"'SEM operator' means the Single Electricity Market operator;".

This is a technical amendment which follows a long debate on Committee Stage. The issue depends on which expert consultant one engages. The Minister's expert advice is that the amendments are unnecessary but we have our expertise and it shows that, in a democracy, there can be two opinions. We must be precise in determining which advice is correct. Given the technical nature of the amendments, I spoke with my expert again and feel that amendment No. 6 is relevant. It clearly indicates what is meant by the SEM operator. In recent times it has become quite common for an abbreviation to be given, as well as the full title, though I do not know why that is the case. Perhaps the Minister of State has been inspired in the period since Committee Stage, so that he will now embrace the amendments and save us all the consequent debate.

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