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Energy Security Emergency Group (ESEG)
From Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
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From Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
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To coordinate a response to the impact of the war in Ukraine on the energy system in Ireland, we established the Energy Security Emergency Group (ESEG), chaired by the Secretary General.
The ESEG is charged with coordinating and overseeing national level activity and responses in relation to the impact of the war on energy security.
The group includes representation from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, the National Oil Reserves Agency, the Commission for Regulation of Utilities, Gas Networks Ireland, EirGrid and the SEAI with other Departments and agencies represented across seven sub-groups.
The work of the group includes:
The ESEG has met regularly since its creation in March 2022, and is supported by the work of seven subgroups which focus on the following areas: Electricity and Gas Security of Supply, Oil Security of Supply, Data & Modelling, Consumer and Vulnerable Households, Businesses, Policy Response, and Communications.
Meeting minutes will be posted here one month after the date of their creation. Records are redacted where necessary to ensure compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2014.
| Brief description of record | Basis for refusal under FOI Act |
| First Meeting 16 March | Full record |
| Second Meeting 24 March | Full record |
| Third Meeting 30 March | Full record |
| Fourth Meeting 6 April | Full record |
| Fifth Meeting 13 April | Full record |
| Sixth Meeting 27 April | Full record |
| Seventh Meeting 11 May | Redacted under FOI Act 2014- Section 33 (1) Security, defence and international relations |
| Eighth Meeting 1 June | Redacted under FOI Act 2014- Section 33 (1) Security, defence and international relations |
| Ninth Meeting 22 June | Redacted under FOI Act 2014- Section 33 (1) Security, defence and international relations |
| Tenth Meeting 6 July | Record refused under FOI Act 2014: Law enforcement and public safety, Section 32. (1), (a)(iii) And Deliberations of FOI bodies, Section 29(1)(a) and (b) |
| Eleventh Meeting 20 July | Record refused under FOI Act 2014: Law enforcement and public safety, Section 32. (1), (a)(iii) And Deliberations of FOI bodies, Section 29(1)(a) and (b) |
| Twelfth Meeting 31 August | Redacted under FOI Act 2014: Security, defence and international relations, Section 33 (1)(d) And Deliberations of FOI bodies, Section 29(1)(a) and (b) And Law enforcement and public safety, Section 32 (1), (a)(iii) |
| Thirteenth Meeting 21 September | Redacted under FOI Act 2014: Deliberations of FOI bodies, Section 29(1)(a) and (b) And Law enforcement and public safety, Section 32 (1), (a)(iii) |
| Fourteenth Meeting 5 October | Redacted under FOI Act 2014: Deliberations of FOI bodies, Section 29(1)(a) and (b) And Law enforcement and public safety, Section 32(1), (a) |
| Fifteenth Meeting 19 October | Deliberations of FOI bodies, Section 29(1)(a) and (b) And Law enforcement and public safety, Section 32(1), (a) |
| Sixteenth Meeting 9 November | Deliberations of FOI bodies, Section 29(1)(a) and (b) And Law enforcement and public safety, Section 32(1), (a) |
| Seventeenth Meeting 12 December | Deliberations of FOI bodies, Section 29(1)(a) and (b) And Law enforcement and public safety, Section 32(1), (a) |
| Eighteenth Meeting 17 January | Deliberations of FOI bodies, Section 29(1)(a) and (b) And Law enforcement and public safety, Section 32(1), (a) |
| Nineteenth Meeting 10 February | Deliberations of FOI bodies, Section 29(1)(a) and (b) And Law enforcement and public safety, Section 32(1), (a) |
| Twentieth Meeting 1 March | Redacted under FOI Act 2014: Security, defence and international relations Section 33(1)(d) And Deliberations of FOI bodies, Section 29(1)(a) and (b) |