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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Priorities (18 Apr 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...what is happening in the light of the 2011 UN guiding principles, under a framework of protect, respect and remedy. Coal from the Cerrejón mines in north-east Colombia is still being used by the ESB despite well-documented human rights abuses associated with the operation of this mine. Airbnb Ireland UC allows tourism-related businesses based in Israeli settlements to use its...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (18 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: ...which also included provision for a vehicular/pedestrian entrance, signage, new timber post-and-rail boundaries, car parking, cycle shelters, landscaping, gas skid, underground storage tank, independent ESB substation & switch room building, access road and all associated site works. IDA Ireland subsequently commenced the procurement process for the selection of a suitably...

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

Ossian Smyth: ...end of the year it becomes known because the accounts of the company are published. In this way, we discover what dividend was paid out. Every year we can be read in the newspapers how much money ESB Networks paid in dividends to the State and what the return on investment is. It is not like it is some kind of secret that is preserved forever. Again, its commercial mandate is only a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte CGA: Chairperson Designate (17 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

...construction industry wants. It generally wants soft wood. Nobody has approached me about wind farms at all. I am aware that Coillte has a relationship or joint venture, FuturEnergy, with the ESB. Not many of the planned wind farms they wish to have have gone through the planning process. They will take some time to get through that process, get constructed and put in place. In the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ..., assembly hall/general purpose room, playgrounds and sensory gardens, is at Architectural Planning Stage 4 - Construction. The project commenced on site in May2023. Due to the presence of live ESB wires on the site, the Design team and the contractor have been liaising with ESB Networks to facilitate their removal from the middle of the site. This work is nearing completion and the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Process (16 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: .... An Bord Pleanála made a decision on the substitute consent application for the Derrybrien Wind Farm in County Galway in 2022. In their decision, the Board refused to grant substitute consent for ESB’s wind farm, which ends the statutory process seeking to retrospectively regularise the environmental impact assessment status of the wind farm, (the subject matter of the EU...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (16 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...been granted for 847 homes on the former Central Mental Hospital site in Dundrum. The transfer of land and design work is under way to allow a planning application within the next year on the vacant ESB land at Wilton with a potential yield of approximately 300 homes. The LDA are also partnering with local authorities to deliver social and affordable homes on local authority land....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks (11 Apr 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...park status. The site already enjoys extensive legal protections as a Special Area of Conservation, a Special Protection Area and a designated Nature Reserve. The site is owned largely by the ESB. I understand a management plan scoping exercise was undertaken by ESB International on behalf of the ESB in 2016/2017. The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of my Department...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Issues for the Department of Education: Minister for Education (10 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ...again grounded in the whole STEM area. The Department is a significant supporter of a variety of initiatives that support this move, whether it is the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition, ESB Science Blast, iWish, which is specifically aimed at young girls, and, equally, the STEM Passport for Inclusion, which is a very significant programme. It is a successful one that links...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Pensions (9 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

John McGuinness: 58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has approved the increase of 4% for the ESB pension scheme; and if not, the likely timeframe for a decision. [13601/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Usage (9 Apr 2024)

Seán Canney: 61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware that persons are being forced by the ESB to have a smart meter, even if they do not want one, and that if the notification is not received, the ESB will fit the meter despite the objection of the householder; if he will intercede on behalf of householders; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (9 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

John Paul Phelan: 171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address delays by ESB Networks in providing grid connections for the installation of EV charging infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15318/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (9 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Michael Ring: 242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how the roll-out of charging infrastructure can be accelerated, along with the upgrading of the ESB grid to accommodate them, particularly in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14952/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...public EV charging network to support up to 195,000 electric cars and vans by the middle of the decade. In relation to the grid, Zero Emissions Vehicles Ireland (ZEVI) continues to work closely with ESB Networks, a key member of the ZEVI Assurance Board and Progress Group. This partnership is integral to ZEVI's mission, as ESB Networks offers support, provides constructive feedback,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Role of Disabled Persons Organisations and Self Advocacy in Providing Equal Opportunities under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Implementation: Discussion (8 Apr 2024)

Michael Moynihan: ...but they also worked tirelessly over the weekend, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, to bring this meeting together today. We are starting another module with public bodies like Bord Bia and the ESB in relation to the implementation of the UNCRPD. I have listened intently all day. I always sum it up with two words, "cultural" and "attitude". One thing has happened over the last week...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have two related questions. We received documentation from a number of the public utilities – Gas Networks Ireland, Uisce Éireann, ESB and the Dublin Airport Authority. I am not saying this is correct but just to give the Minister a sense of it, to expand on Deputy McAuliffe’s point and to say it was not just Uisce Éireann, although he is absolutely right in that,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Mar 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Alan Dillon: It came to light this week that out of the 1.6 million smart meters installed by ESB Networks, thousands are malfunctioning. This is leading to homeowners receiving inflated bills. It was also alarming to hear that many homeowners are not adapting their smart meter energy plans. We certainly need a more effective plan. Currently, only 6% of homeowners are using the lower night rate, which...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (21 Mar 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if any development charges, Uisce Éireann or ESB connection charges can be waivered for an individual who commenced a self-build in March 2022 and who will soon have their build completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13439/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Bernard Durkan: We paid the ESB bill; we will hang in.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (20 Mar 2024)

Eamon Ryan: .... Under the terms of the scheme, three payments of €150 (including VAT) are being made between December 2023 and April 2024. The scheme is to be operated by the Distribution System Operator (ESB Networks), and electricity suppliers and overseen by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU). Based on the number of domestic electricity accounts, ESBN will make payments to...