Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)

Question 61: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding potential power outages in winter 2007 due to underperformance of aging ESB plants; if his attention has been drawn to the outages to date in winter 2007; if so, the details of same; if he is confident that there will be sufficient power supply this winter; the peak usage in winter 2006; the predicted usage in winter 2007; if he will compare the capacity in the system in winter 2006 and winter 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35629/07]

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