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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I second Senator Warfield's proposal to amend the Order of Business. I raise the "RTÉ Investigates" programme that aired on Monday night relating to abortion services, which showed that the legislation agreed by this House is yet to be fully implemented. The cases we heard about on the programme should not have happened. Nobody should have had to have those experiences now that the...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I wish to pick up on what the Minister of State said about Gas Networks Ireland being a relevant body. It beggars belief that GNI is aware that is bound by the climate Act, given that all its actions at the moment are contrary to what the Minister, Deputy Ryan, is saying and the climate action plan. It continues to connect data centres to the gas grid despite the Minister, Deputy Ryan,...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 9: In page 12, to delete lines 33 to 35 and substitute the following: “(i) by the substitution of the following for subsections (1) and (2): “(1) (a) The Board shall own, operate, develop and maintain a system for the transmission and distribution of natural gas being a system that is carbon budget-aligned, economical and efficient and appears to the...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: This is in a similar vein to Senator Higgins's amendment. It is about changing the mandate for GNI's board to bring it in line with the climate legislation and the carbon budget. As I have already said, just recently GNI released its ten-year network development plan for public consultation. In a staggering display of a lack of concern about the climate crisis, the organisation has...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 10: In page 13, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “(c) in section 10A(3), by the substitution of the following for paragraphs (b) and (c): “(b) the Commission shall have the power to examine the reasons for making an offer under paragraph (a) and to give appropriate directions with regard to the volume and rate to be offered and with...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: Amendment No. 10 relates to when new users are offered connection or enhanced connection to the network. The regulator may review offers made in terms of their alignment with the carbon budget and make appropriate directions. Applicants should conduct assessment of the greenhouse gas emissions impact of their connection. The amendment concerns the role of the commission in regulating the...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I feel like a broken record when it comes to islanded data centres because it seems as if we are ignoring the elephant in the room. The recent figures from GNI's ten-year network development plan show an astounding level of data centre connections in the industrial consumer segment of the market while at the same time demand for electricity in the household sector is projected to decline....

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 11: In page 13, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “(c) in section 10A, by the substitution of the following for subsection (4): “(4) The Commission may, by direction, provide for— (a) the matters to be specified in an agreement for third party access, including terms and conditions relating to price, greenhouse gas emissions,...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 12: In page 13, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “(c) in section 10A, by the substitution of the following for subsection (7): “(7) Subject to subsection (7A), an operator may refuse to enter into an agreement under subsection (2)— (a) on the basis of a lack of capacity in its facility save where it is economical for the...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 13: In page 13, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “(c) in section 10A, by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (7A): “(7B) The transmission system operator and distribution system operator shall be entitled to refuse connection on the grounds of long-term greenhouse gas emissions or inconsistency with the carbon...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 14: In page 13, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “(c) in section 10B(2), by the substitution of the following for paragraph (c): “(c) where connection to or enhancement of the upstream pipeline of the operator is required by the applicant, an offer made under that subsection— (i) shall include the terms for such a connection...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 16: In page 15, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “(g) by the insertion of the following section after section 17: “Reporting 17A. (1) A pipeline operator shall on an annual basis prepare a statement for the approval of the Minister setting out— (a) areas of the gas network for disconnection, decommissioning or repurposing in...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: This amendment is around the decommissioning of gas pipelines. It proposes that as well as during construction, health and safety measures should be accounted for during disconnection, decommissioning or repurposing. In other words, this amendment emphasises the point that in construction and in use are not the only two states in which a pipe can exist. They can also be disconnected,...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I think I actually spoke to amendment No. 17.

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: Amendment No. 16 is around giving the power to the Minister to issue a direction to upstream pipeline operators as their activities may relate to the climate action plan. It would also force large energy users to report on carbon intensity. My understanding from a reply to a parliamentary question is that LEUs, particularly data centres, are lumped together with oil refineries, which seems...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 17: In page 15, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “(g) in section 39A, by the substitution of the following for subsection (5): “(5) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (4), the Commission may— (a) attach to a consent given under subsection (1) for the construction by a person of a pipeline, a condition requiring to...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: As I said, I have spoken to amendment No. 17, which provides that health and safety measures should be accounted for during disconnection, decommissioning or repurposing of pipelines given that in construction and in use are not the only states in which a pipe can exist. Health and safety, therefore, needs to be taken into account. Amendment No. 19 gives the CRU the power that it "may"...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I am not surprised that the amendments will not be accepted. It is a rare occasion that Opposition amendments are accepted in this House. However, I would like the Minister of State to confirm what he said about electricity and the reduction in the emissions. Will he accept that was down to offshoring, as reported by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland? It said that because our...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 18: In page 15, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “(g) in section 39A, by the substitution of the following for subsection (6): “(6) In case the holder of a consent, given under subsection (1), constructs a pipeline, the holder shall take all reasonable measures to reduce gas demand and greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 19: In page 15, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “(g) in section 39A, by the substitution of the following subsections for subsection (4): “(4) Where, from the appointed day, the Commission determines that the capacity of existing or proposed distribution or transmission pipelines in a particular geographical area, as specified by...