Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 25 October 2023
38. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 57 of 11 October 2023, when he received a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46831/23]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe independent review by Mr Dermot McCarthy into the circumstances requiring emergency measures to be introduced to secure electricity supply has been received and is under consideration by my Department. An initial draft of the report was received in November 2022, and a final version submitted to my Department in January 2023.
Given the progress on related work programmes to address energy security I decided that I would include the McCarthy review as part of the evidence base informing the Energy Security Package. This review will be brought to Government in the coming weeks as an annex to the Energy Security Package, alongside a range of additional supplementary analysis and reporting. It will be published in full alongside the Energy Security Package once its approved by Government. My Department has spent the last year drawing from these reports, including a wide-ranging public consultation and stakeholder engagement across Government and the energy sector.
These inputs have been key to the development of the actions contained in the Energy Security Package, which once approved by Government, must be implemented as a matter of urgency to ensure that Ireland's energy future is affordable, sustainable, and secure.
