Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 December 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications

Additional Uses of Natural Gas: Gas Networks Ireland

9:30 am

Mr. Denis O'Sullivan:

Yes, there has. Listowel is going through the process for assessments. There are defined parameters for carrying out assessments in terms of gathering the information, the low profiles of these areas, their distance from the network and the overall costs of rolling out the infrastructure. One of the key principles in rolling out that type of infrastructure is not to burden existing gas consumers unduly. That is probably where the hindrance applies for areas that are a distance from the network. Some of the areas mentioned by the Deputy are under consideration while some have been considered already and are not viable. Those areas will come up again and will be reviewed, but Listowel is at an advanced stage of consideration at the moment.

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