Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2022-03-31
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Denis Naughten (IND), Roscommon-Galway

Last Friday, the European Council took the decision to reduce our dependence on Russian gas and to address high energy costs. As natural gas is such a key element of electricity generation here in Ireland, that decision has the potential to reduce costs here. However, we have no way of storing natural gas in the short term. We cannot capitalise on this Council decision, even though we have two potential facilities off the Cork coast, namely, the decommissioned facilities in Kinsale and the Seven Heads gas fields. This is because Ireland has failed to plan for such an eventuality. The Minister's Department has been looking at the potential of utilising these decommissioned facilities for the last five years. Will the Minister expedite this analysis to help to reduce energy and electricity costs?

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Sitting date: 2022-03-31