Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy is dead right. I hear these complaints as well. I also hear about the significant contrast, for want of a better word, between the service provided by the ESB in local communities and the approach taken by some private operators. I will not name companies, but I have heard criticism of particular companies regarding their lack of responsiveness. My understanding is that my colleague the Minister for communications, Deputy O'Donovan, has had engagement with these companies. However, on foot of what the Deputy raised, I will ask him to specifically follow up in respect of Connemara and to come back to the Deputy directly.

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