Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for his reply and for acknowledging that the Government had to listen to the people. We see that with Irish Water. The independence of the panel concerns some people. Is it wholly independent of EirGrid and the other bodies? There is also a concern about the new chairperson of EirGrid, who spent so much time in An Bord Pleanála. These things do not sit well with the public. The panel must be truly independent. This must be clear-cut. There must be no fuzziness or no spin.

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