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Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: I would reinforce the point on Lady’s Island Lake. As the Minister probably knows, the committee looked at this. I will write to the Minister and some of his ministerial colleagues as Chair because we are looking for the Government to pull together on financial support for the programme of work that has to be done there to reverse that decline and try to get it back on track. That...

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: It is in the post.

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: As no one else has anything else on programme C, that is it on the main programmes. We mentioned that C10 and C11 were no longer within the remit of this committee. I thank the Minister and his officials for assisting us with our consideration of the Revised Estimates. We have completed consideration of Revised Estimates for Vote 29 – programmes A, B and C.

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Message to Dáil (16 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: In accordance with Standing Order 110, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for public services for the year ending 31 December 2025: Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Electricity Sector (16 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: We have not received any apologies. The first business on our clár is an engagement with the electricity sector on climate change targets for 2030. The purpose of the meeting is to kick off a discussion with the aim of identifying the 15 to 20 barriers across all sectors that will prevent Ireland from achieving the climate change targets for 2026 to 2030. We plan to engage on this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Electricity Sector (16 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Go raibh maith agat. I invite Mr. Cathal Marley, chief executive of EirGrid, to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Electricity Sector (16 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: I thank Mr. Cunniffe. I will take members in order in which they have indicated. An Teachta Ó Cearúil will start.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Electricity Sector (16 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Does Senator Higgins want to put all her questions at the one time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Electricity Sector (16 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Let us take those two then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Electricity Sector (16 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Let us take the first two. Mr. Tarrant has indicated that he wants to come in on the first one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Electricity Sector (16 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Go for it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Electricity Sector (16 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: We will start with the ESB.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Electricity Sector (16 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Your time is constrained. I am sorry, Senator, and I will let you back in the second round.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Electricity Sector (16 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: I can let Senator Higgins back in the second round.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Electricity Sector (16 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Senator, to be fair-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Electricity Sector (16 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Will we start with that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Electricity Sector (16 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: On that, there have been issues in Portlaoise regarding a particular black spot there. Are there currently any other black spots in this country where planning is not going to be supported? Mr. Tarrant also mentioned 30 substations. How many of these substations are likely to enter planning in the short term?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Electricity Sector (16 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Does EirGrid want to comment on that point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Electricity Sector (16 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Do the witnesses from the ESB want to say anything on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Electricity Sector (16 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: I thank Mr. Tarrant. I will ask a couple of questions from my perspective. Mr. Marley mentioned the situation in the Iberian Peninsula and the risk. Has EirGrid risk assessed that? There has been very little said in terms of what happened there and the risk of it happening here. Has EirGrid risk assessed that?