Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 9 May 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities
Mr. Jim Gannon:
I thank the Deputy. There is a mixture there so he will hear different voices in our response if that is okay. I hope it is not too inchoate. In terms of electricity versus gas arrears, we did submit figures up to the end of quarter 1 yesterday to append to this document. The figures in the document refer to electricity arrears and they have remained at lower levels. With regard to gas arrears, those have increased. I will invite my colleagues to speak to those figures but the figures are now with the committee. I will allow my colleagues to speak to the smart tariffs and perhaps pressure on gas use, which I think the Deputy mentioned. In terms of security of supply over the past winter period, I will hand over to Mr. Melvin.