Development (Strategic Gas Reserve) Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining Stages
Dail Éireann — 2026-06-30
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Pa Daly (SF), Kerry

I move amendment No. 2:
In page 7, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following:
“ “emergency use only” has the meaning as defined by the N-1 infrastructure standard defined by EU Regulation 2017/1938 only. A Strategic Emergency Gas Reserve under this Act and all future Acts relating to its construction, operation, maintenance and decommissioning cannot be used for management of day-to-day energy demand;”.
What we want to do is provide a definition of "emergency use only" and insist on it. This is a simple-----

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