Results 261-280 of 4,528 for speaker:Pa Daly
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (24 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: When the CRU was conducting that investigation, or at any time since, were there any complaints or concerns from one energy supplier about the rate the other ones were reducing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (24 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: Some energy companies verbalised complaints to the commission.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (24 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: Mr. Gannon mentioned data centres. In light of the recent Coolglass Windfarm Limited v. An Bord Pleanála case about the CRU's mandate and the draft proposal on energy users, the CRU previously stated that it lacked sufficient authority under the climate Act to mandate emissions reductions from data centres. Will that be updated in light of the Coolglass ruling? Has legal advice been...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (24 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: On the same topic of data centres-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (24 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: The Department recently said data centres had swamped the capacity of grid upgrade and resilience. Investment in the grid was mentioned earlier. Has the commission met EirGrid or the ESB to discuss the concerns about the extra capacity needed? The Secretary General of the Department of the environment said that difficult decisions would have to made about energy targets. In some countries...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (24 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: We need to talk to the Government about that-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (24 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: I will be brief. Mr. Gannon mentioned the CRU is a member of the National Energy Affordability Taskforce. I received a reply last night from the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment about the report from that taskforce regarding when it is due and when it will be available. The response stated there will be a series of meetings to prepare for the finalisation of the interim...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (24 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: That is fine; Mr. Gannon does not know. Just in relation to prioritisation, whether it is housing, data centres or EVs, and following on from what was said, the CRU is waiting for the Government to give it a list of priorities or some guidance in relation to prioritisation. Is that the case?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (24 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: The CRU does not have the plan yet.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (24 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: Okay. Going back to some of the questions about affordability and arrears, and the €300,000 or €301,000 in arrears on electricity bills and €183,000 in arrears on gas bills, the CRU annual paper on protection measures warned that the withdrawal of the electricity credits could see a spike in the number of households in arrears this winter. In how many meetings with the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (24 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: Prior to the decision that seems to have been taken to withdraw the credits, did the Government go to the CRU and ask for any analysis about what the impact would be of the withdrawal of the credits?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (24 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: Does Ms Trant know when the report will be out?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (24 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: So the CRU has the interim report.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (24 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: Was it today or yesterday it was received?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (24 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: I ask because last night the Minister said that he-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (24 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: It is a draft interim report.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (24 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: Is that to discuss the draft interim report?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (24 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: Which crisis is Mr. Gannon talking about?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the Medical Bureau of Road Safety (24 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: I thank Mr. Quigley very much for coming in. If I had known he was involved in finance in the Courts Service I might have had a few extra questions about Tralee Courthouse and how we could save money by refurbishing the current one rather than moving it to another side of the town. It is staggering that 81 different types of drugs are detected. Is that in the last year or is it over the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the Medical Bureau of Road Safety (24 Sep 2025)
Pa Daly: They were tested for it. Mr. Quigley mentioned alcohol interlock devices. Are the machines used by the bureau being developed all the time in order that new drugs can be detected? I presume they would not have been able to detect 81 different types of drug in people's systems 20 years go.