Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 September 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy

Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities

2:00 am

Photo of Malcolm NoonanMalcolm Noonan (Green Party)

I have just one question. The issue of the potential impacts of Storm Éowyn, other storm events and extreme weather events generally was mentioned. What is the knock-on potential electricity cost of such an event? It has exposed a challenge around a lack of coherence in our rural housing policies. In particular, Mr. Mulligan mentioned the dispersed settlement patterns. We have a real challenge here where there is a very significant exposure right across the country. We saw it in the midlands but also in the north west, where that dispersed rural housing policy is causing us challenges in terms of electrical infrastructure. That has an additional cost, particularly in relation to the knock-on effect of such an event on electricity costs in terms of repair of damage to the grid structure.

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