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PSO Levy (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: -----on the outcome of the-----

PSO Levy (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: Please allow me to answer the question. The Deputy is throwing out insults and slurs-----

PSO Levy (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: -----but he will not listen to my answers. In answer to his question, as I said, further analysis is required - the likes of the study we are doing in the ISLES project, which requires us to work out what arrangements can be made within the UK market. The Deputy needs to know that before I can give him an answer. Anyone would. We will have meetings over the next few months with the UK and...

PSO Levy (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I cannot give the Deputy an answer until I have some sense of what they will say-----

PSO Levy (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: -----because I see this as an export opportunity.

PSO Levy (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: That is straight talking. It may not be the answer the Deputy wants to hear, but it is the truth of what is happening in policy.

PSO Levy (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I wish the Deputy would change his policy, which is in danger of ruining renewables in this country.

PSO Levy (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: The Deputy refuses to recognise that he got it wrong.

PSO Levy (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: He is saying in the press that I would stop it, yet in here he says it is actually the right idea.

PSO Levy (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I will come back to that because it is a problem the Deputy needs to address.

PSO Levy (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: By all means. I am sorry, a Cheann Comhairle.

Electricity Generation (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: As part of the electricity deregulation process, the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) commissioned market research which indicates that there is confusion among electricity consumers as to the separate identities and roles of ESB as owner and operator of the electricity network and ESB as an electricity supplier. This is of concern because ESB Networks must provide, and be perceived to...

Electricity Generation (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I am absolutely aware of the disconnection and the fuel poverty issues. I am also aware that competition has helped our consumers by driving prices down and we want to keep that up. We want to see the competition that we have introduced continue to work. Deputy McManus has been saying that we want to see the ESB get into that competition to get these companies fighting each other in order...

Electricity Generation (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: It is not just the regulator. It is also contained within the third energy package coming from Europe.

Electricity Generation (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: The directive is there. It was negotiated at great length. It was done with the interest of consumers at its heart.

Electricity Generation (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: It clearly states that such rebranding between supply businesses and network businesses should be done. I find it hard to understand where the Bord Gais figure is coming from, given that there have been no negotiations on rebranding, other than what already has taken place under such a European directive system. The creation of Gaslink, which is a separate name and operation to Bord Gais,...

Electricity Generation (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I will not hide behind the regulator. I will continue to push the regulator and the companies in this market towards greater competition, because that is what brings down prices and will get a better service quality. Irish householders know that. They can see it in the 20% reductions in gas offers that have been put out to the market at the moment. We can get those 20% price reductions by...

Electricity Generation (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: That 20% reduction by Bord Gais is there.

Electricity Generation (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I do appreciate it, and the Deputy should recognise that the 20% reduction is also real.

State Assets and Liabilities (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: Together with officials of my Department I met with the review group on State assets and liabilities on 13 October. The Department, with my approval, made a submission in the matter to the review group in advance of the meeting. The meeting was a useful and wide ranging discussion. The review group is expected to report to the Government by the end of the year. It will then be for the...