<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament:"The Irish State has announced the results of the latest AER support scheme for renewable energy. Themain beneficiaries are subsidiaries of the national electricity utility ESB and their partner companies.  Given that the ESB is absolutely dominant in the Irish electricity market, with enormous resources at its disposal, does the Commission consider that permitting ESB subsidiaries to participate in the AER competition constitutes a distortion of the market? Does it further amount to a discrimination, given the fact that it can use the extensive resources it has accumulated under State ownership, with its State backing, to undercut independent producers?  Is the Commission willing to instruct the Irish State to halt the awards to ESB subsidiaries and partners while it investigates the foregoing questions in relation to this competition?"
Analyze carefully the text and assign it to the most relevant policy area among those listed below. Do not explain your answer and return only a number.
Policy area numbers: 1 = Macroeconomics
2 = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties
3 = Health
4 = Agriculture and Fisheries
5 = Labour, employment and pensions
6 = Education
7 = Environment
8 = Energy
9 = Immigration
10 = Transportation
12 = Law and Crime
13 = Social welfare
14 = Regional and Urban issues and Planning
15 = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues
16 = Defence
17 = Space, science, technology, and communications issues
18 = Foreign trade
19 = International affairs and foreign aid
20 = Governance and government
21 = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues
23 = Culture and media
[/INST]. Answer = [15]. </s>
The Irish State has announced the results of the latest AER support scheme for renewable energy. Themain beneficiaries are subsidiaries of the national electricity utility ESB and their partner companies.  Given that the ESB is absolutely dominant in the Irish electricity market, with enormous resources at its disposal, does the Commission consider that permitting ESB subsidiaries to participate in the AER competition constitutes a distortion of the market? Does it further amount to a discrimination, given the fact that it can use the extensive resources it has accumulated under State ownership, with its State backing, to undercut independent producers?  Is the Commission willing to instruct the Irish State to halt the awards to ESB subsidiaries and partners while it investigates the foregoing questions in relation to this competition?