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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: That is a very basic question from Mr. Blaney's point of view, as he is in a regulatory role, there to protect the consumer. The issue of the interconnector is going on since Job was a boy. Surely Mr. Blaney has a figure in a head as to how much the consumers in this State would be better off as a result of this thing being built.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Do we have a figure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: The beneficiaries of that will be the producers of electricity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: The benefit will be €10 million-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: -----to 4 million people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: So it is €5 each.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Irish consumers south of the Border can expect to see their electricity bills reduced by €5. Is that per month or per year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I do not know what it is at this stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: How can having the interconnector today, 16 June 2015, be a saving when there is an excess in supply; when oil and coal prices, on which we are predominantly dependent, are much more stable than they were; and we have a huge surplus of wind? How can the construction of an interconnector today be of any benefit to us given that we have a surplus of electricity today?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: From the point of view of the Commission for Energy Regulation, if this interconnector is built, Irish domestic and commercial consumers can expect to see a reduction in the cost of their electricity. That is its commitment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: So that is not its commitment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: This is important because people are being asked to accept this carbuncle on the landscape across their area, which I understand will go underground at the receiving point in Northern Ireland. It will then feed out through Northern Ireland. They will be asked to take this. It is a one-way energy street. It is starting in County Meath, just north of Maynooth, and will move north. It is of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Mr. Blaney just said that he cannot guarantee the benefit. Unfortunately, I cannot define what future energy might look like.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I will finish on this. I imagine it should be imposed on the suppliers of electricity if this infrastructure is being provided on an all-island basis. The producers and the providers are the main beneficiaries because they will ultimately sell it to their consumers. These are the people who are lobbying intensively for this. They want it because they want to export electricity and are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Mr. Blaney cannot quantify it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I never criticised the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Television Licence Fee Collection (16 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views that there are potential data protection issues involved in sourcing information from television providers in order to source information for An Post to collect TV licence fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22943/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadcasting Sector Regulation (16 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider a revised definition of the term "public service broadcast" in the context of the implementation of the television licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22942/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centre Provision (16 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 558. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding representations in respect of the roll out of primary care centres (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23123/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fuel Laundering (16 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 758. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 658, 659, 660 and 662 of 31 March 2015, if he will provide an update on his meeting with his counterpart from the Northern Ireland Executive; if he is satisfied that all of the necessary protections north of the Border are being put in place to protect water courses and aquifers in...