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Order of Business (4 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: He is coming at anglers from all angles.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: That is what the ESB has been doing for years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Mr. Slye cannot say he got it wrong - terribly wrong. I have said this 20 times, ten times, seven times at committee meetings. What is wrong with W R O N G? The man who never made a mistake never made anything. This is why he continues in fooling the people. Mr. Slye must admit he got it wrong. That is the reason we need total independent analysis now. This year many of us were at the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Straight talk, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: But he just said the word-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I want five seconds. Technology has evolved how many times since that evaluation was done. I imagine the difference in cost would now be much less than a factor of three. By the time EirGrid goes to break ground, the cost of the two options will nearly be on a par. I think Mr. Slye has admitted that himself. He will not say the word "wrong", but that is what is wrong with the thing....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome our visitors, some of whom have been before us previously. They are very busy people who are trying to do a day's work and make sense of this issue. I welcome Mr. Slye who has apologised for not providing the material for us in advance. He has apologised a number of times for the way EirGrid has got the consultation process wrong. Will it not go back to basics? I have been a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I watched it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Mr. Slye did.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (4 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: 114. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding Burncourt regional water supply; when will works be completed; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many customers in this area are on a boil water notice for around four years; his views on whether this is a satisfactory level of service for customers; the reason for the delay in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I asked about qualifications.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Can I get a reply? It was a serious question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: People are asking these questions. Why I am here? I am a Teachta Dála, a messenger for the people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I am a messenger of the people. The Chairman should not forget that. People have been trodden on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I never said Mr. O'Connor did.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: No. I never said that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Fact.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I got no answers. Some of my points obviously were not questions. Mr. O'Connor has made an alarming statement that he was not aware or was not involved. Surely when he was asked by the Minister to take up this role, he troubled himself to inquire into what was happening. There is no point in saying that he was not aware of what happened during the consultation. He was asked to do this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: That is what I said.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I was not asking about Dungarvan. I was inquiring as to the role of EirGrid's CEO that Mr. O'Connor was taking over and its functions. I was not talking about the Dungarvan Observer.