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Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (27 Apr 2010) See 1 other result from this answer

Joanna Tuffy: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on Ireland's use of liquefied natural gas; if he will address concerns that risks associated with LNG include political instability of exporting nations, price volatility and security of transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16652/10]

Energy Security: Motion (Resumed) (21 Apr 2010) See 1 other result from this debate

Simon Coveney: ...Government is suggesting in its amendment - there is a slightly different emphasis in certain areas but it is more or less the same. For example, we need to increase storage, we need to encourage LNG facilities to spread the risk and we need to get gas from Corrib into pipeline infrastructure for security reasons. Let us not get distracted by taxation issues or other dividends for the...

Energy Security: Motion. (20 Apr 2010) See 1 other result from this debate

Jimmy Deenihan: ...Deputy Coveney on tabling this motion and on his work in this area. He is to the forefront as an expert in this regard. I am delighted that the Minister signed a foreshore licence for the Shannon LNG project today. I welcome this sincerely. As he knows, the project was announced in May 2006 and will provide liquid natural gas at the Tarbert-Ballylongford landbank. In September 2007,...

Written Answers — Foreshore Licences: Foreshore Licences (1 Apr 2010)

John Gormley: ...2010 for a range of foreshore functions including all foreshore energy-related developments (including oil, gas, wind, wave and tidal energy). The four foreshore applications made by Shannon LNG in respect of the project referred to are at an advanced stage of consideration and I expect to make a decision on them shortly.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Ned O'Sullivan: ..., creating 500 jobs which is to be tremendously welcomed. Bord Gáis Éireann has announced it will lay a pipeline connecting the power station to the national grid. At the same time, Shannon LNG has received permission to extend a gas pipeline on the same path. There is obviously a need for joined-up thinking. If the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy...

Gas Storage Facilities. (2 Mar 2010) See 1 other result from this debate

Eamon Ryan: ...with the UK, gas storage has an important role to play in contributing to enhanced gas security for the island of Ireland. The report on an all-island common approach to gas storage and LNG reinforces the case for additional storage facilities. The existing commercial gas storage facility at Kinsale has the capacity to hold 198 million cubic metres. Licensed for use by Bord Gáis...

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (26 Jan 2010)

Eamon Ryan: ...gas consumed in the EU comes from sources outside Europe. A key security of supply imperative for Europe is to ensure diversification of supply routes and sources of gas. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) increasingly is a component of this strategy as Member States work to diversify supply sources and routes. LNG imports account for approximately 15% of the total EU gas market and currently...

Seanad: National Marine Mapping Programme: Motion (21 Oct 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...conditions there would be quite suitable for some form of tidal energy plant or development. As the Minister is more than aware, it is the proposed location for the new liquefied natural gas, LNG, terminal which, unfortunately, has been held up by a serial objector but the matter is coming to the end of the tunnel and it should begin in 2011. As we are at it we should examine the ocean...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...where Shannon Development has delivered a fantastic service for decades. It has pioneered broadband provision, opened some 60 technology and business parks and recently secured the €500 million LNG project for north Kerry. Oireachtas Members in Kerry, Limerick, Clare, north Tipperary and the south midlands are fully supportive of the work of Shannon Development, as are all local...

Written Answers — Foreshore Licences: Foreshore Licences (19 May 2009)

Brendan Smith: My Department is currently processing four foreshore applications for foreshore consents in respect of the proposed Shannon LNG project at Tarbert, Co Kerry. The applications have been made for: • Licence to facilitate construction of a drainage outfall pipe into the Shannon Estuary from the proposed construction of an LNG terminal near Ballylongford and Tarbert, Co Kerry • Lease to...

Infrastructure Stimulus Package: Motion (28 Apr 2009)

Jimmy Deenihan: ...of the recommendations in the position paper it produced was that a liquified natural gas import terminal should be established in the Shannon Estuary. This is being done by a company called Hess LNG Limited which has not sought grants. Another proposal was for the establishment of an oilseed facility capable of processing some 150,000 tonnes per annum of soy and rape seed. Ireland is...

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...of the people involved are from all over the country, not just Mayo. Young professional engineers and so on are awaiting the project's conclusion, after which they will try to get jobs at the new LNG project in Ballylongford. We in County Kerry would be disappointed were anything like the bully-boy tactics seen in County Mayo to be used in Kerry. They would not be tolerated.

Industrial Development Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (26 Mar 2009)

Jimmy Deenihan: ...can come and work from their own houses. It is rigged up with broadband and so on. As result of its careful initiative and planning it now has HESS Corporation which, it is hoped, will build an LNG plant in the Shannon estuary. It provided the land and is now working with the HESS Corporation. The project was ongoing for more than two years. This is success. I have given only a small...

Job Losses. (19 Feb 2009)

Martin Ferris: ...a substantial injection of money into the local economy and will provide 500 jobs during the construction stage and up to 1,000 jobs in the longer term. I also welcome the approval of the Shannon LNG project on the Ballylongford-Tarbert landbank which, if given clearance, will create more than 600 jobs in the north Kerry region. This area was one of the hardest hit by people being laid...

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...not practical to divert the company's business focus from the estuary to Fenit, which is an angling and tourist base, with the exception of one major commercial customer. The reports are that the LNG project in the Shannon Estuary, which is crucial to our energy requirements, is getting the go-ahead in its latest planning stages. The Foreshore Act sets one final hurdle for it but I hope...

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (resumed) (11 Feb 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...the outer estuary at Ballylongford, County Kerry. Plans are in place to build a major transshipment hub at the site. The Acting Chairman, Senator Coghlan, will also be aware of the exciting new LNG project at Ballylongford. Although An Bord Pleanála has found in favour of the project, there have been, unfortunately, some recent planning objections which, hopefully, will be dealt with....

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (10 Feb 2009)

Eamon Ryan: ...prudent, in light of our dependence on gas imported from the UK, to seek to reduce our reliance on this source. In this regard, the question of gas storage, including Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), is being considered on an All Island basis. My Department is working with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland, and energy Regulators North and South, to...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (3 Feb 2009)

Seán Power: ...and to provide for the diversification of supply. The storage of liquefied natural gas is an important element of security of gas supply strategies around the world. The development by Shannon LNG of a liquefied natural gas terminal near Tarbert, which is on the Shannon Estuary, is another important element of the development of the market in the context of security of supply. When the...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (11 Dec 2008)

Eamon Ryan: ...of Electricity Reg Act 1999 Noel J Travers 9,075 Gas to the Northwest Study Fingleton White & Co Ltd 141,699 Legal Advice to EU infringement proceedings Mason Hayes + Curran 68,964 All Island LNG & Gas Storage Study CSA Group 213,738 DETINI — Review of North South Pipeline Dept Enterprise Trade & Investment NI 16,195 Single Electricity Market CAP ITA Resourcing Ltd 35,091 All...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (25 Nov 2008)

Eamon Ryan: ...on Biofuels Mineral Oil Tax Relief 1,431 Fingleton White & Co Ltd Gas to the Northwest Study 141,699 Mason Hayes + Curran Legal Advice to EU infringement proceedings 68,964 CSA Group All Island LNG & Gas Storage Study 213,738 Dept Enterprise Trade & Investment NI DETINI — Review of North South Pipeline 16,195 CAP ITA Resourcing Ltd Single Electricity Market 35,091 Various via Dept...