154. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the contingency plans the State has in place to deal with widespread power outages similar to those experienced on mainland Europe. [22229/25]
Topics / Electricity Grid
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsElectricity Grid
127 questions from 46 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 6 October 2026.
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120 written, 7 oral
46
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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| January 2025 | 1 |
| February 2025 | 11 |
| March 2025 | 2 |
| April 2025 | 5 |
| May 2025 | 4 |
| June 2025 | 6 |
| July 2025 | 6 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 11 |
| October 2025 | 0 |
| November 2025 | 8 |
| December 2025 | 16 |
| January 2026 | 3 |
| February 2026 | 16 |
| March 2026 | 5 |
| April 2026 | 11 |
| May 2026 | 3 |
| June 2026 | 8 |
| July 2026 | 5 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 5 |
| October 2026 | 1 |
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The questions
226. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to outline any measures he is considering to maintain the level of imports of electricity from Britain following any future changes in the price of electricty between the two markets. [29479/25]
228. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of current funding from the Exchequer that was provided to Eirgrid in each of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29578/25]
229. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of capital funding from the Exchequer that was provided to Eirgrid in each of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29579/25]
139. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will report grid resilience; if he has considered the introduction of community microgrids (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26892/25]
151. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to outline plans for maintaining emissions in the event of lower electricity imports arising from linking the British and European Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms. [27541/25]
152. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a breakdown of the percentage of Ireland’s final electricity demand that was imported electricity; to provide a breakdown of the cost in each of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27630/25]
153. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the percentage of the reported 1.3% energy emissions reduction in 2024 that is contributed by imported electricity; what this equates to in tonnes of carbon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27631/25]
302. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware of, and to outline his views on, the need to upgrade the electricity infrastructure in Dublin to guarantee supply given the age of the current grid and that Eirgrid undertook a consultation in the pas, but as yet has not indicated when this major upgrade would occur; the length of time of same; and the asso…
311. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the engagements he has had with the ESB to examine their timelines for the rolling out of smart metres for 3 phase CT metres to ensure that there is the maximum incentive available to move to environmentally friendly energy supplies and to ensure that those who have done so already get a fair price. [20739/25]
312. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the engagements he has had with the ESB on upgrading the electricity infrastructure in Donegal and the north west cross-Border region to avail of the opportunities provided by onshore and offshore renewable energy. [20740/25]
54. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of grid alerts issued by Eirgrid in the past twelve months; the efforts his Department is taking to improve the State’s energy security; if he is concerned about the increase in electricity consumption of data centres by 20% between 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16674/25]
292. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to integrate a type of charging (details supplied) into the public network; the measures he is taking to process this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16785/25]
170. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount of electricity storage available on the grid; the plan to add more over the next five years; if he will confirm if pumped hydro storage is included; to outline the current location of electricity storage facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11242/25]
224. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will engage with Electric Ireland on poor communication levels with businesses regarding power outage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12744/25]
222. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the breakdown, by county of the details for each Mandatory Demand Curtailment which occurred to date in 2025 as instructed by Eirgrid, in tabular form. [8106/25]
79. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will report on his intentions to improve local electricity infrastructure and ensure increased redundancy to mitigate the impact of adverse weather events. [6706/25]
81. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will report on his engagements with Eirgrid. [6705/25]
110. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if, further to the fallout of Storm Éowyn, he will advance policies to ensure that new powerlines are undergrounded when feasible. [5751/25]
112. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the proposed investment in the electricity grid; if there are specific proposals to update the grid particularly in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6804/25]
141. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the total amount the State has invested in Eirgrid, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5637/25]
142. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his considerations in relation to the greater undergrounding of electricity infrastructure in rural Ireland, in response to the largescale service interruptions which arose due to Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5638/25]
143. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his proposals to increase the capacity of local electricity infrastructure, to sustain the impact of adverse weather events without mass power outages, such as those experienced in recent weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5640/25]
169. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will consider establishing a rebalancing subvention, modelled on the large energy user rebalancing subvention introduced in 2009, with the purpose of funding repair and upgrade of the grid in the wake of storm Éowyn, by collecting a greater portion of network charges from large energy users and less from household consid…
125. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount that has been spent on the national electricity grid in each of the past 20 years. [5376/25]