Subsection (4A) mandates that the increased borrowing capacity of the ESB from €12 billion to €17 billion is targeted towards the public good rather than being gobbled up by data centres. Our amendment inserts the new subsections to include the congestion softeners in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d), and proposes that within six months of the commencement of this Act a report would be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas detailing the amount borrowed under section 4(4) of the Act of 2001, the purposes for it, the projected borrowing required for next year including a breakdown of project type and the impact on consumer electricity prices.
We absolutely support the need for investment in the ESB but we have to make sure that it is done for the public good and not to supply more data centres with energy.
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Tellers: Tá, Deputies Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and Denise Mitchell; Níl, Deputies Mary Butler and Emer Currie.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Question put: | Carried | 93–41 |
| Amendment put: | Carried | 72–62 |
| Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to." | Carried | 72–62 |
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