Lynn Boylan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 5:

In page 12, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “(i) in subsection (1)—

(I) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a):

“(a) The Board shall own, operate, develop and maintain a system for the transmission and distribution of natural gas, being a system that is carbon budget-aligned, economical and efficient and shall perform its functions in a manner consistent with—

(i) the most recent approved climate action plan,

(ii) the most recent approved national long term climate action

strategy,

(iii) the most recent approved national adaptation framework and

approved sectoral adaptation plans,

(iv) the furtherance of the national climate objective, and

(v) the objective of mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and

adapting to the effects of climate change in the State.”,

and

(II) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (b):

“(c) Nothing in paragraph (a) shall be construed as imposing on the Board, either directly or indirectly, any form of duty or function to promote, advertise or incentivise new connections to transmission or distribution gas systems.”,”