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EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I cannot find the detail now but the CRU has stated that the 400 MW will result in a €40 domestic charge. I will find that specific reference and relay it to the Minister. The Minister stated it is true that large companies will wish to have their data centres close to where they have a density of staff located. It is also true that data centres see us as a soft touch and have...

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Why?

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: It is costing families. The €40 charge is for the 450 MW. This is not the cost that will go on to people's bills because of the €7 or €8 billion that will be required in grid infrastructure so that data centres can access electricity. We are relying on the fact that we will have all this renewable energy, therefore, it does not matter where that energy is used....

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: The best way to reduce our emissions is not to allow them to grow in the first place. There should have been some demand management when it came to this growth. The CRU published its security of supply information note on 29 September last year. It states that "450MW of emergency generation would represent an increase in the Transmission System Operator tariffs and electricity transmission...

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: That is a separate one?

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: No. That was for 200 MW. This one states that 400 MW in additional temporary emergency generation should be sought to address the remainder of this gap. This was last September. It states that the 200 MW had already been procured, that an additional 450 MW would need to be procured and that the cost of that would be €40.

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: Will the Minister clarify that? He did say it was around last September that he began negotiations with the CRU on the shortfall. Coincidentally, the shortfall specified in this document is 450 MW, so it seems coincidental that we are discussing a shortfall of 450 MW for this Bill and that the CRU had mentioned a shortfall of 450 MW. If that 450 MW resulted in a €40 increase, one...

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: I ask that the Minister seek clarity on this because it does say here it was to deal with the generation gap for winter 2023-24, which is what we are discussing at the moment. The one question, therefore, is whether the 450 MW and the €40 relates to this Bill. If not, then there was another 450 MW procured that resulted in a €40 that is additional to this. These questions are...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (28 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to issue directions and further information to local authorities regarding their preparation of a Climate Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34360/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (28 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will take steps regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34423/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (28 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will confirm that Wicklow County Council has been successful in getting funding for a biodiversity officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34359/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (28 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 627. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the additional temporary school building will be available for use by a school (details supplied);; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34357/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (28 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 628. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the past performance of construction companies will be taken into account as part of the tender process for new school builds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34358/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (28 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 668. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will advise in relation to the situation regarding the Transition Fund (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34362/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (28 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 730. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update in relation to the Occupiers' Liability Act 1995 to rebalance the duty of care to be shared between owner and customer rather than 100% on the business owner as it is currently; when it will be enacted and commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34361/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (29 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider refusing the granting of hare coursing licences for the 2022-2023 coursing season taking into account the ongoing suffering, stress, injury and death caused to hares at coursing meets and concerns of the spread of the HD2 virus and as a protected species in Ireland; if he will provide an update in relation...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (29 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline possible funding avenues for a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34770/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (30 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 98. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if any State or semi-State bodies that report to him are currently or have been registered as a charity; the reason for the charity status; the person or body that holds primacy for accountability in those instances, whether the Minister or the Charities Regulator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35005/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (30 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if any State or semi-State bodies that report to him are currently or have been registered as a charity; the reason for the charity status; the person or body that holds primacy for accountability in those instances, whether the Minister or the Charities Regulator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35006/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (30 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: 111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the positions Ireland has taken and will be taking in relation to the recently signed memorandum of understanding between the European Union, the State of Israel and the Arab Republic of Egypt in respect of energy supply; and if Ireland will be pushing for a differentiation in respect of the way the agreement will...