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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: The cost of the operation of Electric Ireland is part of that. What are the remuneration packages of the senior management of Electric Ireland? What are the scales?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: If Mr. Fenlon does not propose to go into that now, can he provide it to the committee at a later stage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: Electric Ireland is a semi-State company. I would expect that Mr. Fenlon would be able to provide us with that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: Will Electric Ireland provide the committee either now or at a later stage with the remuneration scales, including all bonuses, of its senior management team?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: So the answer is "No".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: Okay. We will move on. The answer is either "Yes" or "No", Mr. Fenlon is either going to do it or he is not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: I am sorry, I do not mean to rush Mr. Fenlon but I have to rush to try to get what I can into the time. We are told that smart meters are supposed to work to assist us to manage the usage of our electricity to consume a lesser amount of electricity at peak times. Electric Ireland has already indicated by the increase in the standing charges that it does not see that as hugely important. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: What is the big issue between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: So it is a lack of capacity or a constraint on capacity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: We have seen the issue then in recent weeks where EirGrid has indicated the potential for blackouts in that peak period. I will conclude on this point. Mr. Fenlon was CFO of the ESB until recently. He will be aware that the ESB in an auction in 2019 bid a phenomenally low rate to provide capacity. I think it was about €46 per MW. After two years, in 2021, the ESB, having won the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: I know, but I just want him to comment on the ESB saying it would not be able to deliver. While he was CFO, the ESB had to pay the State a penalty of €4 million for that. To his mind, was that a failure of management within the ESB at the time? Does he accept that the failure or whatever decisions were taken then have impacted and added to the potential for blackouts this year on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: I am sorry. I let Sinn Féin in ahead of me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: In conclusion, the cost to the State of having to purchase emergency electricity will significantly add to the cost of electricity in the future.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: I ask the Leader to organise a debate on the changes proposed under the 2023 Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, programme. For some years now, the Burren region of County Clare has been a specially designated zone under the Burren programme, which was developed by Dr. Brendan Dunford. It is about the appropriate management of the grassland that makes up the Burren, done in a sympathetic way...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: The Leader will be aware, and we have read in today's newspapers, that the Irish dancing organisation at the centre of the feis fixing scandal has received a report from Mr. Justice Peart. We now understand that the next phase of that will be an internal process within that organisation. Parents and teachers who have contacted me over recent weeks and again this morning are deeply unhappy...

Seanad: Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and look forward to the swift passage of the Bill. It is important legislation that attempts, in so far as possible, to address the crisis many families and individuals will face over the coming months. We all are aware of the spiralling cost of gas, the impact it is having on the electricity market and how that permeates down to each individual...

Seanad: Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: Now.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: I join my party colleague Senator O'Loughlin in congratulating Noeline Blackwell on her recent award. It is appropriate and fitting given she has been a champion of women's rights for many years. She is an unsung hero in society. The primary issue I raise relates to the revaluation of properties that are subject to commercial rates in a number of counties, including Clare. Over recent...