Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The responsibility lies with the Tánaiste's Department. It was his Department that published the report back in 2018. The reality is that we are subsidising the cost of electricity for a sector that will account for 50% of all demand by 2030.

With regard to the public service obligation, PSO, levy, the Government announced earlier this week with some fanfare that, next October, the PSO levy will be reduced to zero or that people will actually get a rebate on it. The Government has given the impression that this is something new and positive but, in fact, it is not. This measure adheres to the rules for the PSO levy because the levy was set last summer based on projected electricity costs for the following 12 months. Rather than this sleight of hand and the suggestion that this announcement represents something new and innovative, will the Tánaiste pause the PSO levy today and stop additional charges being accrued until people start getting rebates next September and October?

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