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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: It is flexible but it is not necessarily-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: To clarify, most gas is still a fossil fuel and is carbon-intensive.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: What happens in-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I asked something different. I was concerned that the witnesses talked about gas for all customers. How is the CRU supporting both domestic and larger customers to move away from gas and towards renewables, given the price volatility relating to gas? I accept that many people rely on gas, but we know that the price of gas is extremely volatile. What is the exit? I asked about the lowest...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I am sorry. We discussed those measures at great length. I was looking at people who are trying to shift suppliers and who are dependent on gas at the moment. How could we use some of the levies that will be placed on gas to facilitate the transition? It is fine. I am happy. I had a separate question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I have a separate question which is important. Should I ask it now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: There was a discussion about reflection and looking back at areas. In some of the written pieces from the CRU on the ongoing data centre discussions, I noticed there were multiple references to EirGrid but almost no reference to the review the CRU conducted that considered the options of doing nothing and a moratorium on data centres until the demand can be safely and securely facilitated by...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: To clarify, the CRU is open to it being renewable but there is no requirement to that effect.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: To be clear, has the CRU reflected on the decision not to suspend the increase in demand for data centre energy until it could be safely and securely facilitated by the network? That was the second option, which was not chosen. As I understand it, this does not relate simply to the day-to-day. The discussions were around what conditions would be attached to connections and to requests for...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: As somebody who submitted all of those points when the CRU was conducting the review, as many others did also, it is unfortunate that we are the situation we are in now, where we do not have any hard measures. That is regrettable.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I have a couple of quick questions for Professor Galligan and then more of my questions will focus towards the ESRI. I thank Professor Galligan for her work. I will make a comment on the gender quota piece that I have made previously and which others have heard. The research shows that gender quotas are not a matter for women; they are a matter for society and for better decision-making....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I am not questioning whether it would be monitored; I am questioning how much emphasis gets placed on that versus some of the other factors. We know there is heavy lobbying from large companies but the SMEs seem to be the focus of the analysis.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I ask for a comment on collective bargaining and JLCs because they are among the tools.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I do not need go back now, but when answering Senator Warfield's questions, our guests might comment on collective bargaining recommendations.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Deputy Cronin started where I wanted to start, which was on collective bargaining. Is there supplementary information? Dr. Russell mentioned that collective bargaining systems are a feature of most societies where wage inequality is low. It would be useful to get more data on that. I ask about recommendations, bearing in mind we have to follow through, around how to embed the right to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Even answers in writing would be fine for some of my last questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: The work of the ESRI captures the other part of this issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I refer especially to the breakdown of shares, for example. I am looking for figures on that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I also asked about the overall share of company spending and how much is allocated to shareholders versus wages.