S.I. No. 544/2024 - Submeter Support Scheme II Regulations 2024


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 22nd October, 2024.

I, EAMON RYAN, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 12 of the Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Act 2024 (No. 33 of 2024), with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Submeter Support Scheme II Regulations 2024.

2. In these Regulations –

“Act of 2024” means the Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Act 2024 (No. 33 of 2024);

“first payment period” means the period referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of payment period in section 1 of the Act of 2024;

“second payment period” means the period referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition of payment period in section 1 of the Act of 2024.

3. The 22nd day of October 2024 is prescribed as the applicable date.

4. Each of the following is prescribed to be an operative date:

(a) in respect of the first payment period, 30 October 2024;

(b) in respect of the second payment period, 20 December 2024.

5. Each of the following is prescribed to be a prescribed period for the purposes of section 8(1)(b) of the Act of 2024:

(a) in respect of the first payment period, the period commencing on 30 October 2024 and ending on 31 December 2024;

(b) in respect of the second payment period, the period commencing on 20 December 2024 and ending on 31 January 2025.

6. Each of the following is prescribed to be a prescribed period for the purposes of section 9(2) of the Act of 2024:

(a) in respect of the first payment period, the period commencing on 1 November 2024 and ending on 31 December 2024;

(b) in respect of the second payment period, the period commencing on 1 January 2025 and ending on 28 February 2025.

The Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

18 October, 2024.

PASCHAL DONOHOE,

Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

18 October, 2024.

EAMON RYAN,

Minister for the Environment,

Climate and Communications.