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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023) See 6 other results from this debate

...had Ardnacrusha, and that has an awful effect on us upriver. There is 100 ft of water held back in Ardnacrusha, and between Portumna and Meelick, there is a 10 ft embankment that was built by the ESB back in the 1920s and 1930s. That is holding the water in from the Callows in that specific area. We are the fall guys between Athlone and Meelick. There was nothing done for us. When the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: ...a house in rural Ireland. It does not, is the answer to that question, because the individual proposing to build the house has to suffer to the costs of everything, for example, septic tanks and ESB power laid on. Somebody suggested recently on a television or radio programme that this is done by the State, but it is not. Per pole, bringing the power to the site falls on the applicant....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (26 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Aindrias Moynihan: 114. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the restrictions in KVA offered by the ESB for maximum export capacity (details supplied) in relation to farmers availing of the solar capital investment scheme under TAMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46948/23]

Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2023: Second Stage (25 Oct 2023) See 4 other results from this debate

Eamon Ryan: ...it has done. It looks simple, and some of the benefits of this approach have a certain simplicity, but it actually takes a great deal of co-ordination and legal consideration with regard to the use of the ESB networks and the use of the meters to make this work. It took that first iteration for us to be able to come back with confidence and to take this second approach which is more...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: ...to the Taoiseach. They have no silage, no grazing due to continuous summer flooding, increased by the lack of action between the three Government agencies: the OPW, Waterways Ireland and the ESB. I understand that again this morning the Taoiseach has been invited to come down to this area to see the impact still being experienced today caused by summer flooding. Will the Taoiseach come...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (25 Oct 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...and €550.47 (exclusive of VAT) respectively, were paid to domestic electricity accounts between January 2022 and April 2023. In relation to the first scheme, €379,347,208.02 was transferred to ESBN in four tranches. A total of €376,923,830.58 worth of credits was applied to domestic electricity accounts, and a total of €2,423,377.44 worth of unallocated...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (24 Oct 2023)

Mary Butler: ...displaced by the floodwaters were given shelter at the local hotel and temporary rest centres in Midleton, as Deputies know. Much of Midleton experienced power outages during Storm Babet and ESB crews have restored power to affected areas. Regarding Midleton Community Hospital, as Deputies know, it was flooded and as a precaution some patients were evacuated to Heather House on St....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Mr. David Owens: What I personally would expect to happen over time is that investors will begin to demand taxonomy-aligned investments. For example, the ESB has issued a fully taxonomy-compliant green bond. The Irish State has not yet gone there both because the taxonomy is incomplete and also because the EU green bond standard has not been fully adopted yet. In time, we will have to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (24 Oct 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ..., has responsibility for the operation of the Clean Export Guarantee (CEG), including the arrangements for eligibility criteria and remuneration methodology. As part of this, households must inform ESB Networks (ESBN) of their intention to install microgeneration via a declaration using the NC6 form. ESBN then notify the relevant supplier that there is a registered export capability at the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Weather Events (19 Oct 2023)

Thomas Byrne: ...People displaced by the floodwaters were given shelter at a local hotel and temporary rest centres in Midleton. Much of Midleton experienced power outages during the afternoon and evening on Wednesday and ESB crews worked overnight to restore power to those areas. A section to the rear of Midleton Community Hospital was flooded and some patients were evacuated to Heather House at the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (18 Oct 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 87 and 88 together. The National Smart Metering Programme is overseen by the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (CRU) and ESB Networks (ESBN) have been tasked with the roll out, which involves upgrading all of Ireland’s electricity meters to smart meters. To date over 1.4 million smart meters have been installed out of a total of 2.4 million to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ukraine War (18 Oct 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth as the Lead Department, and a range of other bodies such as the Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage, local authorities, Irish Water, ESB networks and Open Eir to deliver the rapid build housing programme. In late 2022, the number of family units was subsequently increased to 700. Procurement Process Following a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (17 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: ...to by the Deputy is now under the management of DDLETB, patron of the school referred to by the Deputy. DDLETB have confirmed that the accommodation is currently in use by the school. Significant ESB ducting and substation works were undertaken during the summer of 2023 to allow the modular building to be connected to the main power supply. The generator remains in place as a temporary...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...We were being charged €150 per kWh last year and then the Government came in and said it was going to cap it, but it was going to cap it at €120 per kWh, so it allowed the electricity companies in this country to have a 140% profit on electricity - that is what it has allowed ESB Networks. Again, who is paying for it? It is the same people who are going to get an increase...

Seanad: Disability Allowance: Motion (11 Oct 2023)

Martin Conway: ...that go above and beyond when it comes to employing persons with disabilities. There are also some great State agencies in this regard. There are other State agencies that have a terrible record. The ESB, or Electric Ireland as it is called now, has a fantastic record. I could name many others that have an appalling record. The discussion on the future of persons with disabilities in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: European Court of Justice (11 Oct 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...85/337/EEC on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment as amended by Council Directive 97 /11/EC. Compliance with the judgement required ESB, the owner and operator of the windfarm, through a subsidiary company, to submit an application for retrospective EIA known as substitute consent to An Bord Pleanála (ABP). ESB submitted...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Danny Healy-Rae: ...year so that employers know where they are going. There are many medium and small businesses closing. I met the owner of a small restaurant the other day who told me she is closing down because her ESB bill for 48 days was €4,800. That was €100 per day for a small café supplying sandwiches and light food. The housing cap needs to be increased. As I said, many...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2023)

Regina Doherty: ...it needs to, not only through increases in weekly payments to people who have no other income, but also through one-off universal payments to acknowledge that people are still struggling with their ESB bills, the petrol in their tanks and such things. As a parent who has three children in college, I am particularly mindful of the fees reduction and continued support for university fees....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (10 Oct 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...tax will be payable on 1 January 2024. A preliminary property register, developed by Revenue with data drawn from a range of sources including GeoDirectory, the Residential Tenancies Board and ESB Networks, has identified an initial subset of residential properties which may come within scope of VHT. This preliminary register is being used to issue correspondence to 25,000 property...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...suffer deprivation. I do not accept that workers have lost about 10% of their income in real terms because of cost-of-living hikes while the corporations have seen their profits quadruple. The ESB made €679 million in the first six months of this year, which is double what it earned two years ago. The banks are recording extraordinary profits and as I said figures from the...