Cost of Living Issues
Seanad Éireann — 2025-12-18
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Gareth Scahill (FG), Nominated by the Taoiseach

I thank the Minister of State. I will look into the network repair guarantee. This Commencement matter was timely because it is highly likely that before this House sits again, a lot of my constituents and other constituents across the west will have experienced some outages due to storms that may come. Considering that we did not deliver the guidelines for corridors in forestry this year, which led to a lot of power outages, I had to come to the House and ask for some measure to support constituents during outages. I and my constituents were not familiar with the fact that funding is available for people who experience outages, in particular extended outages over 12 hours or for days. It is something I will make people aware of over the coming weeks and months. I again thank the Minister of State for coming to the House this morning.

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Sitting date: 2025-12-18