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- Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: The amendment relates to the order that appoints a Minister as the majority shareholding Minister. As I said, at present, the Bill provides that a Minister could become the majority shareholder. This relates to the functioning of Gas Networks Ireland, GNI. I was not able to move amendment No. 4 in respect of amending the functions and mandate of GNI. We have previously discussed how we...
- Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Could I just check on the grouping? Are amendments Nos. 6 and 7 taken separately?
- Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Then I will not go into some of the additional subject matter on amendments Nos. 6 and 7. Rather than just simply being able stop the inappropriate transfer of power, we hope the Minister would have an ambition whereby we could actually seek out and promote what is appropriate. Again, we are not necessarily going to know what the intentions, priorities or vision of a Minister are going to...
- Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 6: In page 8, between lines 37 and 38, to insert the following: “(4)The majority-shareholding Minister shall, prior to issuing a shareholder letter of expectation to Gas Networks Ireland, lay such a letter before both Houses of the Oireachtas.”.
- Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Amendment No. 6 would require that prior to any shareholder letter of expectation being issued that it would be laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas. This is important from the point of view of public transparency and accountability and given the context that shareholder letters to other semi-State bodies such as Coillte and Bord na Móna, have shown very little regard for climate...
- Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: There are concerns regarding the actions. There is potential for tension, with the Minister, Deputy Ryan, calling for a shift in policy and Gas Networks Ireland apparently being able to ignore that call. Some unknown Minister, however, will be able to send a non-public letter. When I brought forward my Climate Action and Biodiversity (Mandates of Certain Organisations) Bill 2023, which...
- Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 7: In page 8, between lines 37 and 38, to insert the following: “(4) The majority-shareholding Minister shall, prior to issuing a shareholder letter of expectation to Gas Networks Ireland, lay such a letter before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform and Taoiseach and the Committee of Public Accounts.”.
- Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: These amendments are not outside the scope of the Bill as they are all in order. These are attempts to offer assistance in terms of progressing this and taking action. Rather than looking for reasons these amendments might be dismissed, what we should be hearing from the Minister of State is what urgent actions are being taken. The CRU did a review four years ago. I know this because I...
- Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.