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Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: Thank you very much, Senator Kelleher. I welcome Norah Patten. I think that is her in the green in the corner. She is very welcome. She is Ireland's first woman astronaut and is the special guest in our Visitors Gallery. I thank her for joining us.

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Senator for her powerful contribution. As it is Committee Stage, if people indicate, I will allow them to come back in.

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Senator Harmon. I welcome the Crumlin-Drimnagh group to the Gallery. I also see John Bourke, chairman of WALK, which is a fantastic disability organisation. He is accompanied by Deputy Ardagh. This also gives me the opportunity to thank Sarah Benson, the chief executive of Women's Aid, for being here for all the contributions today on the Bill and the very important amendment....

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: When is it proposed to take the next Stage?

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: The compulsory purchase order, CPO, system is there to support development. I wish to raise a road that was developed in Galway, the N63. When a local authority serves a notice to treat, that is when it has entered into an arrangement, on behalf of Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, or the National Transport Authority, NTA, to purchase land to develop it. In this instance, the notice...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank both groups for being with us this afternoon. Coming from the west, I acknowledge all the work the witnesses' organisations did during Storm Éowyn. However, people living in Dunmore in County Galway, which is just 40 miles north of where I live, had to wait for 41 days for their connection back to the ESB. They felt very forgotten about. What plans are in place in the event of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: In that vein, regarding the upgrade of the network, one has to look at another aspect of rural Ireland, which is trees. Will a mechanism or plan be put in place to assist in that regard? From talking to the local authorities, they do not have the money to cut trees. At the same time, if we have trees too close to the overhead lines, it is a huge issue. Has a proposal gone to Government or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: My next question relates to the grid. In the past three months, how close have we gone to the blackout stage or having to use our gas plants? How many times in the last three months has the ESB had to turn on the switchgear generators and use our reserves because we were in the black?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: Maybe I should come at it from another way. Did ESB Networks get many phone calls in the last three months indicating that the supply was at a tight line?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I come from Portumna where we have the Coolpowra transmission site. We also have one in Cashla in Athenry. We have such a dearth of energy, which I totally understand. I am trying, for our community, to understand how many times switchgear energy has been used. What is the need? When you are building a 440 kVA generator in the likes of Portumna and it has to transmit enough power for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: How many times has ESB Networks hit red in the last three months? How many times has ESB Networks got the phone call?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: When was the last time the ESB had an official alert? Has there been one in the past six months?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: That is understandable.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I will focus on Irish Water. I thank the delegates for appearing before us. There are 800 developer-provided wastewater treatment plants, the cost of which could be between €500 million and €1 billion. Is the plan to deal with these before other developer-led wastewater treatment plants? Alternatively, is the plan to deal with both kinds in tandem?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: That is good. What stage are we at with the developer on-site package? We develop systems in Galway and in this regard we have a good provider in Coffey’s. Where are we on saying we have a design, plan and package such that a developer can say it can provide facilities until such time as Uisce Éireann rolls into town?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I hear what Mr. Gleeson is saying but that is through the planning process. If people want to object to houses, they can object, but we have built-in the wastewater treatment as part of it.