Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 256: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has sought or received any information from the regulator or issued any instructions in regard to easier access to the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34661/05]

Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)
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I have no function regarding national grid access, which is primarily a matter for ESB national grid, which is in turn regulated by the Commission for Energy Regulation. The relevant legislation is the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 and I have no power to issue directions of the type referred to.