Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

As recommended in the report on State assets, core transmission networks in gas and electricity should not be sold. That is exactly what we will have achieved along with an investment of billions in the economy. It is important to remember that the ESB and its power plants, the dominant player in the energy supply market, will remain in public ownership as a vertically integrated company.

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