Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 6 December 2023

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage

Photo of Darren O'RourkeDarren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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I move amendment No. 11:

In page 13, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: “(c) in section 10A, by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (7A):
“(7B) The transmission system operator and distribution system operator shall be entitled to refuse connection on the grounds of long-term Green Houses Gas emissions or inconsistency with the carbon budget programme or sectoral emissions ceilings as made under the Climate (Amendment) Act 2021.”,”.