Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 October 2022

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications

Photo of Darren O'RourkeDarren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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I do not see where the large energy user rebalancing subvention is accounted for. It is a measure to reduce the cost of electricity bills on households. It is a measure the Minister brought in in 2010 and that has been in place up until a couple of weeks ago. According to reports, it involved €600 million on household bills over a decade. Where is that accounted for? When was it lifted? Why was it in place for so long? Will the Minister give us an update on that?