Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 142: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he will sign the PSO from AER VI into action. [18748/05]

Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)
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AER VI applicants, successful in the competition, must confirm compliance with certain rules of the competition to be included in the order made under section 39 of the Electricity Regulation Act 1999. My Department has endeavoured to facilitate requests by some applicants for additional time to comply with those rules before the order is signed.

Last week, the last remaining applicant seeking a deferral confirmed compliance with the outstanding requirements of the AER VI rules. The substantial work on drafting the order by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to the Government was completed some time ago. The draft order has now been updated and returned to the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel for final clearance, primarily on procedural points. The order will be signed once final clearance on its form is confirmed to my Department.