An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2023-05-23
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Bríd Smith (PBP), Dublin South-Central

It is not agreed.
On Wednesday, there is a motion that calls for the extension of the temporary business energy support scheme, TBESS, without debate. We think this is wrong. There needs to be a debate on this extension, considering that there are some very profitable companies availing of this subsidy, including high energy users such as data centres. There are no criteria around the profits that they are making, around labour issues or environmental issues. The only criterion is that there is an increase in their energy costs. We have not seen the list from Revenue yet, but this motion should be debated rather than just passed. It stands in stark contrast to the way we are treating people in energy poverty.

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