Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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432. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the oversight responsibilities his Department has towards ESB International and its investment projects abroad; and if he will report on the projects of ESB International taking into consideration compliance with the Paris Agreement. [10819/19]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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ESB is a commercial State body with its own Board. Investment projects by ESB and its subsidiaries are an operational matter for ESB.In terms of oversight, my role, as Minister, is to ensure that ESB is compliant with the 2016 Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies and the statutory framework underpinning ESB.

I have asked ESB to respond directly to the Deputy in relation to compliance with the Paris Agreement in the context of projects undertaken by ESB International.