The delivery of 14 Compressed Natural Gas filling stations, as part of the Causeway Project, is an operational matter for Gas Networks Ireland.
I have been provided with an update on the current status these stations by Gas Networks Ireland which is set out in the table below.
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Location
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Status
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Station 1
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Dublin Port
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The station is constructed and has been commissioned. Gas has been successfully dispensed. A licence Application has been submitted to the Commission for Regulation of Utilities. The station is scheduled to be operational later this year.
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Station 2
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Exit 8, Cashel
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Planning permission has recently been granted and the station is scheduled to be operational in 2019.
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Station 3
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Kinsale Road, Cork
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Planning permission has recently been submitted and the station is planned to be operational in 2019.
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Station 4, 5, 6, 7
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Louth, Limerick, Portlaoise and Tipperary (exact locations to be confirmed)
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Construction is likely to take place in 2019.
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Station 8-14
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To be confirmed.
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Negotiations in relation to locations are ongoing.
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