Grace Boland (Dublin Fingal West, Fine Gael)
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24. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the dates on which his Department received a request from EirGrid for an increase in the rate of a deferred personal pension for the Éirgrid pension increment for retired employees which is payable to former employees who have retained membership of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40122/25]

Grace Boland (Dublin Fingal West, Fine Gael)
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25. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the dates on which EirGrid requested increases in payments under the Eirgrid pension increment for retired employees.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40123/25]

Grace Boland (Dublin Fingal West, Fine Gael)
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26. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm the dates that the relevant Minister approved the deferred pensions rate increase the Eirgrid pension increment for retired employees with the consent of the Minister for Finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40124/25]

Grace Boland (Dublin Fingal West, Fine Gael)
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27. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm the dates that the relevant Minister approved the increases in pension payments for the Eirgrid pension increment for retired employees with the consent of the Minister for Finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40125/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 24, 25, 26 and 27 together.

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 the Minister.

My Department has received two requests to apply increases to payments under the EirGrid Defined Benefit Pension Fund, the first in November 2023 and the second in May 2025. These consent requests are currently under consideration by my Department, in line with the relevant required governance processes.

It should be recognised that the time taken for the pension approval process is necessary to ensure that robust governance procedures are in place.