Seán Power (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)

We all agree competition is necessary and that ESB had a monopoly for too long. Both Airtricity and Bord Gáis, however, are recent entrants to the domestic electricity market. Bord Gáis Energy has advised that in excess of 80,000 customers have switched and while that volume of change-over exceeded expectations, the numbers remain small in comparison to the domestic market of 2 million consumers.

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