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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2023) See 8 other results from this debate

Brian Leddin: ...such that their objectives align with the great climate and biodiversity challenges we face. I want to put something to Mr. O'Donnell with respect to Inland Fisheries Ireland. You guys work hand in glove with ESB on the rivers. I am very familiar with the lower Shannon. Ardnacrusha power station is only a couple of kilometres up the river from where I live. I know that part of the...

Science Week: Statements (16 Nov 2023)

Emer Higgins: ...and Technology exhibition. In Adamstown Community College we had a runner-up in this prestigious nationwide competition and the whole community is so proud of him. I also love attending the ESB Science Blast for primary schoolchildren. I attended this year's event, which was the first in-person event since Covid. They had been doing it online. At the BT Young Scientist and Technology...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Eamon Ryan: ...Deputy that one of the key issues has been grid access. Community projects often find themselves having to pay for upgrades to the grid, which makes the projects unviable. CRU, EirGrid, and the ESB at the distribution level, will have a vital role in making sure we provide and protect grid access for community renewable projects. We are switching from an auction system towards a system...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...to be similar to this year. On the number of households that are feeding electricity into the grid, while there is no single register to record the number of microgenerators exporting at any one time, ESB Networks maintains a register of NC6 submissions, which records the number of microgenerators that have had their export capabilities registered. As of 3 November this year, ESB...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (16 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...install 2.4 million meters by 2025 and in the process make available new products and services to energy consumers. It is co-ordinated by the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (CRU) with ESB Networks (ESBN) delivering the electricity meter rollout on the ground. The meter replacement programme is taking place on a phased basis, with around 10,000 domestic meters installed...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (16 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...communities. The 2012 Government Policy Statement on the Strategic Importance of Transmission and Other Energy Infrastructure states that: ‘The Government does not seek to direct EirGrid and ESB Networks or other energy infrastructure developers to particular sites or routes or technologies’. In March of this year Government noted the latest independent expert report...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...from the current circa 4.7 GW to 9 GW by 2030 in order to meet our climate action targets and support energy independence in the near term. The latest updates provided to my Department by ESB Networks and EirGrid indicate that approximately 250MW of new wind energy projects have or will be connected to the electricity network this year across 7 projects. In terms of future...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2023)

Michael Collins: ...taxpayer cannot pick up the tab on this. Irish taxpayers cannot keep picking up the tab for every issue of concern. There are carbon and NORA taxes. What other taxes will the Government put on ESB and gas bills which ordinary people will have to pay? They cannot be hit again. The Government should use the carbon tax it has imposed on the people. It is mostly hurting the people of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Future Licences and Contracts to Connect Data Centres to the Gas Network: Discussion (15 Nov 2023) See 4 other results from this debate

...smart services to encourage greater flexibility among domestic customers and small business customers; demand flexibility and response to incentivise provision of demand response at certain times, and I note a recent ESB Networks, ESBN, consultation on that; and a focus on new demand connections, targeted initially at very large energy users, both electricity and gas, seeking to connect....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Roll-out and Delivery of Broadband in Rural Areas: Discussion (15 Nov 2023) See 3 other results from this debate

...transport include all of the broadcast services out of the Aviva Stadium and Croke Park, and RTÉ studios around the country, including Dingle. We have also provided backhaul services on this transport to ESB and several mobile networks. As a wholesale operator, over the last 20 years we have used this microwave transport infrastructure to support wholesale services to Eir, BT,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Brian Leddin: ...publication of the national biodiversity action plan, is it true that NPWS is going to have more teeth when it comes to dealing with the likes of Coillte, Bord na Móna, Inland Fisheries Ireland, ESB, Transport Infrastructure Ireland and the local authorities? These bodies all have a significant part to play in planning and development our country, often in areas that are not...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (14 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...sector following the enactment of the Electricity Regulation Act, 1999 and subsequent legislation. The management of connection of domestic new builds to the electricity grid is a matter for ESB Networks, under rules determined by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU). ESB Networks are independent of the Minister in the exercise of their functions. The CRU and ESB...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (14 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...in July 2022 and more than twice that observed in July 2021. On a day to day basis, water levels on the Shannon River are managed in accordance with agreed protocols between Waterways Ireland and the ESB. The OPW has no role in the operation of sluice gates. The ESB and Waterways Ireland are in continuous communication and coordinate management of the eight sets of sluice gates impacting...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (14 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I refer to the Deputy's query in respect of the new ETB product for the claiming and payment of Travel and Subsistence (Expenses) claims. I am informed by my officials that when the new ESBS-ETB Payroll and Expenses system was being sourced, the RFT identified as a requirement that the system and product being sourced would be capable of being fully compliant with my Department’s...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Financial Statements 2022: Sustainability Energy Authority of Ireland
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8: Performance of Certain Residential Retrofit Schemes (9 Nov 2023)

Brian Stanley: It also got the easier-to-reach premises before the scheme was actually contracted out. Mr. Mulligan and I both know bidders were lost over that. Bidders pulled out. Significant bidders like the ESB and so on pulled out after that. Eir would appear to be in a fairly good position if it gets €800 million for use of the infrastructure. It also has the 250,000 easiest to reach homes,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (9 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The latest updates provided to my Department by ESB Networks and EirGrid indicate that approximately 250MW of new wind energy projects have or will be connected to the electricity this year across 7 projects. In terms of future projected connections, over 400 MW of wind projects were successful in the second Renewable Electricity Support Scheme auction (RESS) with expected delivery to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (9 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...is a matter for the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU). The management of new connections to the electricity grid, including community led energy projects is a matter, at distribution level, for ESB Networks and, at transmission level, for EirGrid, under rules determined by the CRU. I have asked officials in my Department to forward the queries raised in the questions to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Construction Industry (9 Nov 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...infrastructure. Housing for All provides for this ‘whole of system’ approach. In line with Action 22.6 of the Housing for All Action Plan Update (November 2022) both Uisce Éireann and the ESB are enhancing measures to ensure the timely delivery of housing connections and to clearly identify responsibilities of those building homes, and Uisce Éireann and ESB in...

Seanad: Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Ossian Smyth: ...a review decision to be referred to the CRU. The Bill has provided 28 days for this referral rather than 60 days. This scheme will end on 31 July 2024. Suppliers will return unallocated funds to ESB Networks which will in turn forward these moneys back to my Department. It is preferable that these moneys are returned to the Exchequer as soon as practicable. There is no obvious reason...