Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 November 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy

Review of Storm Éowyn and Storm Preparedness: Discussion

2:00 am

Mr. Nicholas Tarrant:

We engage very heavily with critical infrastructure providers but it is up to the individual entities to have backup generation available. For example, if we take the telecoms sector or any of the other sectors, and there has been mention of Uisce Éireann purchasing generators, our role in a storm situation such as this is to restore electricity as quickly as possible. The backup generation for the critical infrastructure providers is something they are progressing themselves.

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