Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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226. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagements he has had with EirGrid since September 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12825/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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EirGrid is a commercial State body under the aegis of my Department and was established under Regulation 50 of the European Communities (Internal Market in Electricity) Regulations 2000. EirGrid is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department and Minister.

I, as Minister, meet the Chair and CEO or equivalent of the Agencies under the aegis of my Department on a regular basis. Since being appointed as Minister for Climate, Environment and Energy I have engaged with EirGrid on a number of occasions and I last met the EirGrid Chair and colleagues on 18 February 2025.

As part of regular corporate governance processes, my officials meet on a quarterly basis with the bodies under the aegis of the Department. These meetings with EirGrid are attended by my officials, officials from the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery, and Reform along with colleagues from NewERA.