FOI Disclosure Logs

I would like records related to the meetings between the DCEE, Eirgrid, and ESBN between July 2025 and present. The subject of the meetings included efforts to mitigate risks to capacity for new customers in North Dublin. Records may include:
•Agendas
•Minutes
•Notes taken by officials
•Presentations or papers circulated
•Follow-up actions or decisions

Please can you help to provide a document that is an Index of ESB Network's full Policy Library? This is typically an Excel document.

Could I have a copy of:
1. the market and service training materials used to train RMDS personnel
2. the principal RMDS financial records for 2023 and 2024
3. the RMDS budget and business plans for 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026
4. the RMDS quality manual and quality procedures
5. Records relating to the ISO 9001:2015 certification of RMDS
6. Outcome (if any) of the  external market audits of RMDS for 2023, 2024, 2025.
In relation to the DSO licence
7. The Retail Market System Development Plan for each of the years 2013 to 2025
8. Correspondence between ESB Networks and CRU in relation to the Retail Market System Development Plan since 2023.
9. Correspondence between ESB Networks and the ring-fenced RMDS function in relation to the Retail  Market System Development Plan since 2023.

- copies of records detailing all spending on corporate boxes, sports tickets and concert hospitality during each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025

•Internal reports and correspondence regarding the 15 Sep 2024 undervoltage incident documented by Dublin Airport: "This morning’s outage (which occurred at around 07.50) in North County Dublin was caused by an under voltage in the ESB Network, which may have caused a control system failure that prevented Dublin Airport’s back-up generator from kicking in, as it always has during previous power outages •Correspondence with Eirgrid and Dublin Airport regarding this incident

Can you please provide all information  corroaspindance with Flo Gas relating to two bills on the 5/3/24 & 12/3/24 .

Flo Gas had stated the mistakes were made by your company concerning the readings  and on the 7/ 5/ 2025 a senior customer service agent stated

" have requested that ESB check the customer reads that you sent them. I will be in touch as soon as I hear back from them, many thanks."

Im now requesting information concerning the bills and corraspondance with Flo Gas up to the 7 /5/2025 under the freedom of information.

- a record, spreadsheet, or database showing the number of illegal or unauthorised electricity connections detected by ESB Networks during the calendar years 2024 and 2025, broken down by broad category (e.g. residential, commercial, temporary/event-related, other where recorded).

 Where available, I also request a breakdown by county and by year.

 If it was possible to provide some narrative detail on some examples, that would be extremely helpful but I know not obligatory under the FOI Act

Can you please provide a copy of any statement of assurance which would be signed by employees at assistant principal level which relates to risk management, and or risk registers and or management of budget expenditure.

Any and all correspondence (with attachments) or minutes of meetings between the ESB and Lumcloon Energy, COOLPOWRA FLEX GEN LIMITED, Halston, and/or *** (representing Lumcloon Energy) between 22/6/2024 and 30/1/2026 in relation to PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF A RESERVE GAS-FIRED GENERATOR, ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM FACILITY AND GIS SUBSTATION IN THE TOWNLANDS OF COOLPOWRA, COOLDORRAGHA, COOLNAGEERAGH BALLYNAHESKERAGH, GORTLUSKY, AND SHEEAUNRUSH, CO GALWAY.

can you please provide me with data from 2025 of how many outages were reported in the Ballinasloe municipal district area? Additionally, can you also include the length of time the outage was ongoing before it was resolved? As well as the cause of the outage if that is applicable.

I would be grateful if you could confirm the following in writing:

1. The manufacturer, model, and type designation of the smart meter installed at my premises.

2. Confirmation that the meter bears a valid CE marking and that an EU Declaration of Conformity exists for the device.

3. Confirmation that the meter complies with all applicable EU legislation, including but not limited to:
- the Measuring Instruments Directive (2014/32/EU),
- the Low Voltage Directive (2014/35/EU),
- the EMC Directive (2014/30/EU),
- the Radio Equipment Directive (2014/53/EU).

4. Confirmation that the meter model installed at my property has been approved for deployment in Ireland under the Commission for Regulation of Utilities’ Smart Metering Programme.

5. Confirmation that ESB Networks retains responsibility for:
- the installation,
- maintenance,
- and ongoing operational safety of the smart meter while installed at my property.

•All documents, including incident reports and correspondence with South Dublin County Council and Eirgrid, related to power outages in Clondalkin, Lucan, and Tallaght, since January 1, 2023

I am writing to request confirmation of the installation date for the ESB replacement pole at the property located at eircode ***.

I would also appreciate it if you could advise whether there are any additional notes or records relating to the installation of the pole at this location.

The CRU now requests "that ESBN proceeds with the calculation of the 2025/26 distribution tariffs on the basis of the figures outlined above [the allowed revenues.]”

It is this calculation, to be performed by ESBN, to which my request refers and it is the methodology for this calculation which I wish to get copies of records for. I note that the changes in the DUoS charges are not at all linear. For example the DG7 low power factor charge has declined at the same time as other charges have increased and I would like to understand the methodology by which this turned out to be the case (this is by way of example; I am trying to understand the principles upon which the tariffs are derived generally).

Query: I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A NEW POWER LINE GOING THROUGH THIS AREA. PLEASE SEND ME DETAILS.

Under the Freedom of Information Acts, I request;
•Copies of inspections and reports carried out into the cause and extent of tree fells of commercial forestry between October 2024 and May 2025, in the following townlands of Co Leitrim:
Killea
Coolodonnell
Dough Mountain (National Heritage Area)
Lisdarush
Shasmore
Saddle Hill
Cartrongibbagh
Faughary
Boleyboy
Lissinagroagh
Caselaveela
Tawnylust

Can the ESB supply data as to the number and duration of electrical outages in the townland of Hardwood, in the Electoral Division of Ardnamullan (Ardnamullen) in the County of Meath. The date range requested is for the past 5 years. It would also be useful for those outages to be categorised if possible as to if they were planned outages or unplanned outages and any other relevant data as to the cause of the outage.

Storm Events Requiring Outage Data based on ESB announcement

31 Oct 2020  – Kilkee, Co Clare, Carrigaline, Co Cork (Storm Aiden)(ESB announcement: Up to 6,000 businesses and homes were left without power in the Northwest as Storm Aiden hit the region hard. Around 3,000 customers were affected by earlier outages in Kilkee, Co Clare and Carrigaline, Co Cork.)

25 Dec 2020 - Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Leitrim, Laois, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford, and Wicklow (Storm Bella)

26 Dec 2020 - Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Leitrim, Laois, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford, and Wicklow (Storm Bella)

26 Nov 2021 – Any outage affected by the storm in Ireland  (Storm Arwen)(ESB announcement: An estimated 100,000 homes and businesses lost power in Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks, with over 9,000 homes without power for more than eight days.)

7 Dec 2021 – Nationwide (Storm Barra)(ESB Power Check showed 49,000 customers without power at 12:45 pm on Tuesday 7.)

8 Dec 2021 – Nationwide (Storm Barra)(ESB Power Check revealed more than 59,000 customers were without power.)

16 Feb 2022 – Nationwide (Storm Dudley)(ESB Power Check showed several outages in areas across the country on the morning of Wednesday 16 February 2022.)

18 Feb 2022 – Nationwide (Storm Eunice)(ESB Power Check showed 80,000 customers without power at the peak on Friday 18 February 2022.

21 Feb 2022 – Nationwide (Storm Franklin)(ESB spokesman confirmed on 21 Monday 2022 that around 18,000 customers remained without power)

Requested Data Fields

Outage duration (start time to restoration time)

Number of affected customers (ideally disaggregated by household / business / farm)

Location (county level)

I would like to receive map information relating to the location of fibre wrap on transmission lines which are part of the transmission and distribution Regulated Asset Bases. Alternatively a list of circuits which have fibre wrap for use for transmission system on them.

1.Copies of all contracts, framework agreements, purchase orders and service level agreements between ESB / ESB Networks and:

•Check Point Software Technologies (or any Irish subsidiary/branch), and

•Integrity360 or any other Check Point certified partner,relating to firewalls, intrusion prevention, secure gateways, endpoint protection or other cybersecurity infrastructure/services.

2.Any contract award notices, internal award memos, approval notes or decision records for TR2842 and for any other Check Point related cybersecurity procurements, including:

•the successful supplier(s);

•contract value (initial and total, including extensions);

•contract duration and any extensions;

•a list of all tenderers or invited suppliers (where recorded).

3.Copies of the tender documentation for TR2842 and related procurements, including:

•the contract notice;

•RFT / RFQ documents;

•technical and functional specifications;

•any published clarifications or Q&A to bidders;

•records of publication on eTenders and EU/OJEU.
4.Copies of any tender evaluation reports, evaluation matrices, scoring sheets or recommendation reports for TR2842 and related procurements, showing:

•evaluation criteria and weighting;

•technical and financial scores;

•reasons recorded for selecting the winning tenderer and not selecting others.

5.Any records explaining or justifying the inclusion of brand specific or certification specific requirements, in particular:

•the requirement (if any) that bidders be “Check Point Elite Accredited Partners” or hold a particular Check Point certification;

•any analyses of whether such a requirement complies with EU and Irish procurement rules on technical specifications and “or equivalent” provisions;

•any reliance on vendor lock in or technical incompatibility as justification for a restricted procedure, negotiated procedure or direct award.

6.Copies of any legal advice, internal guidance or procurement compliance assessments concerning TR2842 or related Check Point linked contracts, to the extent not covered by legal professional privilege, on:

•compliance with EU procurement law (Directive 2014/25/EU and national regulations);

•compliance with internal procurement policies and thresholds.

7.Copies of any risk assessments, internal audits or security assessments that:

•address vendor lock in risk or concentration risk in relation to Check Point and its partners;

•discuss the risk of back door access, supply‑chain vulnerabilities or hidden remote‑access capabilities in firewall/cybersecurity systems;

•set out mitigation measures (e.g. independent code review, penetration testing, red-team exercises).