Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)

I believe that separating supply generation from the network businesses would undermine the investment opportunity the State needs. With regard to the benefits we are starting to see from the competitive and effective electricity and gas markets, the policy approach is working. Deliberately breaking up those companies would undermine something that is working and the investment case we need.

I say this in particular, with regard to the Fine Gael separation proposal which seeks to sell the generation and supply businesses-----

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