Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 9:

In page 13, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: “(c) in section 10A, by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (4):

“(4) The Commission may by direction provide for—

(a) the matters to be specified in an agreement for third party access, including terms and conditions relating to price, GHG emissions, disconnection, decommissioning or repurposing in accordance with carbon budgets,

(b) the matters to be specified in an agreement for connection to or enhancement of the facility of the operator,

(c) the terms and conditions, including terms and conditions relating to price of the connection or enhancement, upon which an offer for connection to or enhancement of the facility of the operator is made,

(d) the methods for determining the proportion of the costs to be borne by the person making the application for connection to or enhancement of the facility of the operator and to be borne by the operator being costs which are directly or indirectly incurred in carrying out works under an agreement or making an enhancement or connection or modifying an existing connection,

(e) the terms and conditions upon which applications for an agreement are to be made and the period of time within which an offer or refusal pursuant to an application is to be made by the operator,

(f) publication by a storage operator of information on the specific storage facility, or the parts of the storage facility, or the ancillary services to which access is offered,

(g) publication by an operator of information on the access procedure proposed, (h) any other matters which the Commission considers necessary or expedient for the purpose of making an offer for third party access, or connection to a facility, and (i) terms and conditions in order to ensure consistency with the State’s carbon budget programme.”,”.