Written answers
Tuesday, 2 October 2018
Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Gas Networks Ireland
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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508. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the location of each of the 14 publicly accessible compressed natural gas refilling stations that Gas Networks Ireland is delivering; and the timeline for delivery of each of these stations. [39592/18]
Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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The delivery of 14 Compressed Natural Gas filling stations, as part of the Causeway Project, is an operational matter for Gas Networks Ireland.
I have been provided with an update on the current status these stations by Gas Networks Ireland which is set out in the table below.
Location | Status | |
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Station 1 | Dublin Port | The station is constructed and has been commissioned. Gas has been successfully dispensed. A licence Application has been submitted to the Commission for Regulation of Utilities. The station is scheduled to be operational later this year. |
Station 2 | Exit 8, Cashel | Planning permission has recently been granted and the station is scheduled to be operational in 2019. |
Station 3 | Kinsale Road, Cork | Planning permission has recently been submitted and the station is planned to be operational in 2019. |
Station 4, 5, 6, 7 | Louth, Limerick, Portlaoise and Tipperary (exact locations to be confirmed) | Construction is likely to take place in 2019. |
Station 8-14 | To be confirmed. | Negotiations in relation to locations are ongoing. |
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