Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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211. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the obligations in Ireland to share access to gas supplies should the supply of gas from any source to be curtailed; and the way that this is being factored into preparations. [23286/22]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Ireland is working with the European Commission and other Member States to address the challenges posed by the war in Ukraine, which includes the European Commission seeking alternative gas supply routes and ensuring solidarity between EU Member States.Around one quarter of Ireland’s natural gas comes from the Corrib gas field with the remaining three-quarters imported from the UK which has a diverse source of gas including indigenous gas, gas from Norway, LNG, gas storage and via interconnectors with the Netherlands and Belgium.  

Ireland is not directly connected to the gas system of any other Member State and cannot export gas over the interconnectors with the UK, which are unidirectional.