We will now proceed to the next piece of business, which is the Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023. The key principles behind them are transparency and fairness concerning the Bill itself and how we deal with energy, windfall taxes and energy companies.
Given the importance of this legislation and the principle that the State is attempting to take back some of those obscene profits seen during the energy crisis when people were really struggling - we are still paying through the nose for energy - while companies were profiting from it, I hope the Minister of State will agree to these amendments. Amendment No. 2 - I have said it previously to the Minister of State - relates to hedging arrangements and the reporting of those arrangements to the Commission for Regulation of Utilities, CRU.
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Tellers: Tá, Deputies Jennifer Whitmore and Darren O'Rourke; Níl, Deputies Hildegarde Naughton and Cormac Devlin.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment put: | Carried | 72–63 |
| Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to." | Carried | 72–62 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 60–76 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 60–76 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 60–76 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 60–76 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 56–80 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 59–76 |
| Question put: "That the motion be agreed to." | Carried | 122–14 |
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