Mark Daly (Fianna Fail)

I rise to support my colleague on the other side of the House, Senator Coghlan, in respect of Valentia and the debate on the issue which I hope will be brought forward next week. The report to which he refers was incompetent at best and, at worst, contained lies. It was written by Department officials and supported by the Irish Coast Guard with information it supplied. That information was entirely inaccurate. The report refers to the electricity supply in Valentia as being inadequate because it experienced blackouts. What those involved did not realise is that the mother of the chairman of the ESB at the time lives in Valentia, and he was brought up in Valentia, and he was able to reply that the electricity supply in Valentia is as good as the supply in the rest of the country.