Departmental Meetings

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 10 November 2022

Thursday, 10 November 2022

Questions (180, 181)

Alan Kelly

Question:

180. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the dates on which he or his officials met with EirGrid. [56085/22]

Alan Kelly

Question:

181. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the dates on which he or his officials met with the CRU. [56086/22]

Written answers

Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications

I propose to take Questions Nos. 180 and 181 together.

Since the beginning of the year I have met with both EirGrid and the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) on a number of occasions. The dates of those meetings are set out in the table below. Details of meetings for previous years are published on: www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/0f06eb-ministers-diaries/

EirGrid	CRU	EirGrid & CRU
2 February 14 February 24 February 2 March 27 April 22 August	2 March 25 March	8 September

Officials in my Department regularly engage with EirGrid and CRU.  Frequent meetings are held on a range of matters including but not limited to energy security; grid access; renewable energy; and corporate governance.   Dates of meetings at official level are not readily available and compilation of the information would take an inordinate amount of time.