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

Lynn Boylan: In his opening statement, Mr. Fenlon mentioned that a number of providers have left the market. Examples include Bright Energy, Iberdola Ireland and Panda Power. Given that Electric Ireland is the supplier of last resort, what impact has those companies leaving the market had on the bills of Electric Ireland customers? What percentage of the cost is it? Unfortunately, we do not have a...

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

Lynn Boylan: Would Electric Ireland support a type of bond? It is wrong that Electric Ireland will pick up the tab for companies going out of business but it will then pass the cost on to consumers, or else it will be passed on across all electricity customers. The example I used when CRU was before the committee was that of Iberdrola, a profitable company which is still active, albeit not in the Irish...

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

Lynn Boylan: Currently that cost is being passed on to consumers.

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

Lynn Boylan: Does Electric Ireland have a policy that promotes pay-as-you-go meters? In the call centre, when dealing with customers over the phone, is the policy to promote pay as you go? Is pay as you go a profitable package or is the company making a loss on it?

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

Lynn Boylan: Electric Ireland does not make a loss on them, especially the ones being offered to vulnerable customers.

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

Lynn Boylan: For pay-as-you-go meters, does Electric Ireland collect data on people who self-disconnect? Does it pass such data on to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul? Who collates the data on people self-disconnecting on pay-as-you-go meters? If somebody is not topping up their meter, does Electric Ireland collect those data and feed them into the CRU or the Society of St. Vincent de Paul?

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

Lynn Boylan: Not individuals, but in general does Electric Ireland know how many or what percentage of pay-as-you-go customers self-disconnect? Does it collect those data and feed them into the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, MABS or the CRU?

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

Lynn Boylan: Is that trend going up?

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

Lynn Boylan: I will just pick up on that last point about large users coming off the transmission network. Does ESB Networks have to pay companies for coming off the system? I am not sure whether it is ESB Networks or EirGrid, but I believe there is a facility in that regard for a payment to be made to the companies to use their own power generation.

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

Lynn Boylan: Okay, so the DS3 is the one they are compensated for.

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

Lynn Boylan: On pay-as-you-go meters, which of the packages Electric Ireland has for households is the most profitable? Which is most successful in bringing in revenue?

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

Lynn Boylan: ESB Networks is off the hook so. I think my next question does fall into ESB Network's remit. It relates to us scaling up to the challenge to meet the renewable targets. It does create a significant opportunity for employment but, equally, we know we have skills shortages across the board and the CRU and EirGrid seem to have problems recruiting people. Is it a similar situation for ESB...

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

Lynn Boylan: But does Mr. Tarrant think the Ministers are aware of what we need to do either to encourage the recruitment of people to come into the country to take up those highly skilled roles, or to put in place third level courses? Are the dots joined up in terms of forecasting what we are going to need and investing in those skills and recruitment?

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

Lynn Boylan: So if Mr. Tarrant was the Minister, what would he do? What are the key things that need to happen given that he says more could be done?

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

Lynn Boylan: I thank Mr. Tarrant. I think I am out of time.

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

Lynn Boylan: I will bring this discussion back to a household level. The ESB Networks gave information to the Central Statistics Office saying that 10% of residential homes use less than 1,000 KW per hour, which is below the median of 3,658 KW per hour. The CSO has said that that is a good metric for looking at the number of vacant and holiday dwellings. Does Mr. Tarrant share the view of the CSO and...

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

Lynn Boylan: The CSO is an expert body and its view is that that metric would be good. For low users of electricity, there is a low usage charge, but 1,000 KW would be the line below which they would be classed as vacant or holiday homes. I will go back to the CSO if the witnesses will not take-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I refer to a letter sent to the European Commissioner for energy last night signed by 15 EU member states, namely, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain, all calling on the EU to introduce a price cap on gas imports coming into the bloc to help member states mitigate the inflationary pressure the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Environmental Policy (27 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. I dtús báire ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire Stáit chuig an Teach. The Minister of State may be aware there is a European Citizens' Initiative at the moment to call on the European Commission to propose an EU legislative Act to ban sponsorships and advertisements by fossil fuel companies. We all know that fossil fuel...