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:
The first thing to say is that we have a big investment programme coming over the next five years overall. The investment in the electricity network, not only for resilience but also for increasing capacity for things like houses, new business connections and for renewable connections, is going to more than double over the next five years, subject to regulatory approval. There is a big resilience programme as part of that programme on a nationwide basis.
In the north Kerry, south Limerick and north Cork area, where the Deputy is referring to, which was badly impacted by the snow and ice, we have put in a significant investment in as well. In the region of €2 million in investment has gone into that area in recent times. I am not sure if Mr. Brady wants to say a little bit more, but we are working on it. I have one last comment before I pass over to him to say a little bit more on this. We have an overhead line network, 160,000 km of it, and it is at the vagaries of the weather. We do maintain it and do work on it, but there are risks-----
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