Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 27 February 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

General Scheme of the Gas Safety (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion

Photo of Richard BrutonRichard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for the presentation. I presume they are all signed up to a licensed entity so they would now be licence 1. To clarify, has the commission changed the terms of licensed bodies to ensure it has a better handle over these unlicensed bodies whereby it could cut off supply to someone that it has concerns about? Has the CRU as an interim measure tightened the rights to licence 1 in order that these unlicensed players could be brought to heel, so to speak? Second, was safety found to be significantly compromised when the commission went out and inspected these 100 suppliers? Have you got 100% co-operation from them in terms of dealing with any difficulties? The witnesses might elaborate on what will be in licence 2, which will be different from licence 1? It is a dual approach recognising proportionality. I was interested in the 21-day provision that is being changed. Has that hampered the commission's ability to take enforcement actions, in that there is a period of delay or is this just a tidying-up arrangement that is being put in place?

Comments

No comments

Log in or join to post a public comment.