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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Timmy Dooley: Senator Higgins, I am going to have let this-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Timmy Dooley: I have given the Senator quite a bit of latitude and I want to hear Mr. Foley.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Timmy Dooley: Okay. Maybe Mr. Foley can go directly to that one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Timmy Dooley: I want to get an answer on plants, if I can, because Senator Higgins indicated she wants-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Timmy Dooley: I know, but I am also conscious of time. There are other people to bring in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Timmy Dooley: I have been very flexible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Timmy Dooley: We will just go to the issue of gas generation, which Senator Higgins raised as one of her most important points. If Mr. Foley could do that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Timmy Dooley: In essence, therefore, the CRU is not getting it right and is not delivering.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Timmy Dooley: I call Senator Boylan. I apologise that I provided latitude there. I will allow the Senator the same for sure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Timmy Dooley: I will send the invoice later.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Timmy Dooley: Like others, I welcome the decision of the Supreme Court yesterday in the case of Johnny O'Meara and his family, who took what was a very difficult case for them, I am sure, Mr. O'Meara having lost his life partner and the mother of his three children. Unfortunately, the State challenged the case every step of the way and did so again in the Supreme Court at a time when we are preparing to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Timmy Dooley: There are one or two or three Senators who will trot in here and make some outrageous comment and it is gone, and we do not get a chance to challenge it. I would therefore like an open and frank debate here in which those who clearly have a different view from me get an opportunity to debate it and to challenge the Minister on their 30-second sound bites.It gives all us of an opportunity to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Large Energy Users Rebalancing Subvention: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Timmy Dooley: Can I be reminded again of how the error was picked up on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Large Energy Users Rebalancing Subvention: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Timmy Dooley: ESB Networks identified it on foot of an expectation that the CRU was coming to visit it to do an audit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Large Energy Users Rebalancing Subvention: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Timmy Dooley: Would they normally do that? Would they normally get into an in-depth analysis of their books when they know an audit is coming? What seems difficult for me to understand is that ten years hence somebody started going back to check on the mechanism used. It just raises the question. I am not accusing anybody of anything but it raises the question that somebody was minded to check on this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Large Energy Users Rebalancing Subvention: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Timmy Dooley: That is good. My next question is about trying to trawl back ten years. I know that is not easy, because not everybody is around ten years later. Is the individual who created the algorithm that sought to do a percentage rather than a fixed number still within the company? It was mentioned that this was systematic, yet it had human input. Was there an opportunity to discuss with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Large Energy Users Rebalancing Subvention: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Timmy Dooley: That seems unusual. If the quantum of money was €50 million, and that was absolute, then the notion of using a percentage to attribute at a later stage just does not seem right. In any event, that is what happened. Is ESB Networks convinced with respect to its entire calculation system? Has it done any further reviews of practices or procedures that existed previously?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Large Energy Users Rebalancing Subvention: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Timmy Dooley: There is a cost of credit in that the company does not get it back immediately from the large users. Does the State or the taxpayer carry that cost?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2024)

Timmy Dooley: It is a sad day for many of us to see Senator Norris reach a point where he has decided to hang up his work in this House. I had the pleasure of getting to know him when I was first elected to the House in 2002. On behalf of a bunch of us then newcomers, I thank him for the way in which he assisted us in feeling at home. It was quite a daunting encounter for the many of us who were elected...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)

Timmy Dooley: I join Senator Seery Kearney in complimenting the groupin situand recognise her for the work she has done. Of course, others have rightly identified that there was an issue that needed to be resolved, but her perseverance, personal interest and legal knowledge and expertise have been very helpful in ensuring parents like her and others will be treated appropriately by Irish law and not be...