Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 10:

In page 14, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “Reporting

14. (1) The Minister shall, within 12 months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the application of the No. III Scheme and the submeter support scheme to address high electricity costs.

(2) The Minister shall, within 12 months of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the application of the No. III Scheme and the submeter support scheme compared to emergency measures adopted in other EU states to address high electricity costs.”.

The Minister of State agreed to this amendment in the previous iteration of the Bill. Between the Bills Office and me there is a typo, in that the reference in both instances should be to "the No. IV Scheme", as opposed to "the No. III Scheme", but the Minister of State will get the point in both cases. It is a conversation we had before. Again, the idea is to determine how repeated one-off payments are working out, and how we as a State have done overall in responding to the high cost of electricity. The proposal is a good one. It is something we should be doing as a matter of course anyway. I hope the Minister of State is able to accept the amendment.

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